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Discussed and implemented in dioceses/circuits/churches.
Fresh Expressions organisation.
Growing worldwide influence
A fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture
established primarily for the benefit of people who are
not yet members of any church.
It will come into being through principles of listening, service, incarnational mission and making disciples.
It will have the potential to become a mature expression of church shaped by the gospel and the enduring marks of the church
and for its cultural context.
both-and both-andcontinue to grow and develop the church as it iscontinue to grow and develop the church as it is
establish fresh expressions of churchestablish fresh expressions of church
“The real voyage of discovery consistsnot in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust
A missional A missional re-engagementre-engagement
with societywith society
Playing Away
““The day of the churchedThe day of the churched culture is over. culture is over.
The day of the missionThe day of the missionfield has come.”field has come.”
Kennon L CallahanKennon L Callahan Effective Church LeadershipEffective Church Leadership
‘ It is becoming clear that many ofthe people for whom Christ
died are unlikely to be drawn to ourexisting churches howeverspiritually alive, hospitable
and attractive they are.’
Bishop Graham Cray
“ we understood mission oneway and organised life to accomplish it. We have
awakened to find out the mission moved on us. To
keep focusing on mission, wehave to turn the furniture
around and face a differentdirection. We may even have to move into another room.”
Loren Mead. The Once and Future Church
The Alban Institute
A re-imaginationA re-imaginationof what church isof what church is
(and could become) (and could become)
‘We are seeing what corporate formsof life actually happen when people
meet Jesus.’
Rowan Williams
‘ ‘ What does it look like to form God’s What does it look like to form God’s people in a place where the mapspeople in a place where the maps that once guided us so well no that once guided us so well no
longer help us to make sense of the longer help us to make sense of the territory in which we find ourselves.’territory in which we find ourselves.’
Alan Roxburgh
•Ancient pathsAncient paths•Compass pointsCompass points•Journey mapsJourney maps
Missional Map makingMissional Map making
Holy
“UP”
Apostolic“OUT”Catholic “OF”
“IN”
One
Enduring Marks
Four linkedJourneys
Jesus focusJesus followers
Church is any expression of the
life of Jesus in communal form
OHCA
“ “ the theological doctrine of the church the theological doctrine of the church cannot be simply expressed in abstract termscannot be simply expressed in abstract terms
about the churches timeless nature. It willabout the churches timeless nature. It willhave to provide points of departure for have to provide points of departure for
reforming the church, for giving it a more reforming the church, for giving it a more authentic form. Faithfulness and the fresh authentic form. Faithfulness and the fresh
start are not antitheses in start are not antitheses in the history of the Spirit.”the history of the Spirit.”
J. Moltmann, J. Moltmann, The Church in the Power of the Spirit. The Church in the Power of the Spirit.
SCM 1977SCM 1977
‘The illiterate of the 21st century will notbe those who cannot read or write,
but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.’
Alvin Toffler ‘The Third Wave’
A re-orientation A re-orientation towards whole lifetowards whole life
discipleship.discipleship.
The glory of God is the human person fully alive
Irenaeus of Lyon
•How we see God
•How we see ourselves and others
•How we see our community
•How we see creation and society
“ If not part of a mutuallyIf not part of a mutuallydiscipling community the discipling community the culture will disciple you.”culture will disciple you.”
Graham Cray
What kind of people are we called to be?
What kind of community is capable of raising people like that?
We do not want you to copy or imitate us.We want to be like a ship that has
crossed the ocean,leaving a wake of foam, which soon fades away.
We want you to follow the Spirit, which we have sought to follow,but who must be sought anew
in every generation.
Quakers of Balby, 17C
Questions for discussion?
•Do the 3 key changes ring true in your context?
•Would you add any others?
•What is your big question forthis week?
