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“An authentic fresh expression

will start by listening to those

whom it is called to serve

outside church.”http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk/

Research & StatisticsFresh Expressions

• Parishes reaching out to the un-churched and de-churched in their community

• by creating a NEW congregation• that embraces the people and enters

their culture

See http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk/ for more info

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As part of the annual parochial returns, parishes were asked to list any fresh expressions they run and then to give attendance figures of people who don’t attend regular services for the 4 weeks of October.

Fresh expressions were classified where possible, so the following are based on those responses that are most likely to be fresh expressions or similar new forms of church.

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Over halfof fresh expressions and new forms of church are aimed at

families with young children, for example

Messy Church

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Around

,000

people attend fresh expressions of church who wouldn’t attend church otherwise.

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Parishes with fresh expressions or new forms of church for children are, on average, seeing

around an extra 15 children on a Sunday

or around an extra 25 children midweek.

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Parishes with new churches created for adults are, on average, seeing

around an extra 25 adults oron a Sunday

around an extra 20 adultsmidweek

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On average, that’s an additional 40 people attending in these parisheseach week