What Happens When We Listen?
What Happens When We Listen? For more than twenty years, the Fresh Expressions movement has been gaining momentum because a growing number of pioneers have been asking a deceptively simple…
A tale of Story and Song
Back in mid-June, we took a trip down to the beautiful village of Downderry in Cornwall where we got together with a group of pioneers from the southwest. With this…
How do you study the Bible with people who have no faith background?
Hi I am Esther, a Street Chaplain & trainee pioneer minister with the BU based at London Road Baptist Church in sunny Lowestoft in Suffolk. As part of my role…
Turning a Dream into Reality
Turning a dream into reality "When I speak of creativity I am referring to 'dreamers who do' - that is those rather rare people who are gifted at both dreaming…
The Commitment to Stay
This house be blessed with peace! God’s kingdom is near. By Eddie Green “When you enter a house, first say, ‘May this house be blessed with peace.’ If someone there…
Creative Experimentation
One of the early principles mentioned in the building and developing of the Fresh Expressions movement was "creative experimentation." Graham Cray wrote: "God has built experimentation into the fabric of…
Remembering that we are a Mixed Economy
As we enter into the second and third weeks of our lockdown experience I wonder how our practice and expression will change. On Sunday 22nd March we saw a large…
Fruitfulness in a new way of living
How are you? It has been quite a couple of weeks for all of us as we face momentous changes; in our work circumstances, in our personal lives, in the…
Leadership & Vulnerability – our latest Gathering
It was brilliant to be together at Swanick last week with 70+ practitioners and leaders from across the Fresh Expressions movement. We spent time thinking on the subject of leadership…
Five Loaves and Two Fish
A few thoughts from Network Animator, Tim Lea. People often ask me "where does leadership reside within the Fresh Expressions movement?" This is a question which might have a few…