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Rediscovering the Spiritual Practice of Pilgrimage Luke Edwards | 8 Apr 2024 In the small mountain community of Robbinsville, North Carolina sits a little church on the hill overlooking town. Robbinsville UMC is the only United Methodist church in Graham County, the...
Five Things You Already Do That Could Become a Fresh Expression of Church Kris Beckert | 6 Feb 2023 Discover how to use common church activities as a starting point for fresh expressions of church. Learn about five possibilities, from church league softball to Christmas pageants, and how they can help you connect with non-believers and build relationships. Start reaching out to your community today!
You Can Turn Pew-Sitters into Key Leaders. Here’s how. Chris Backert | 13 Sep 2022 We all know the ugly truth – many people attend our churches services and live streams who come and “sit” or “watch.” They are there several Sundays each year. They...
What is a Pioneer? 25 Jun 2022 Pioneers are everyday, ordinary people who have a heart for God and a heart for people. These are people who experiment with new ways of being church with new people...
You Can Turn Pew-Sitters into Key Leaders. Here’s how. Chris Backert | 1 Jul 2021 We all know the ugly truth – many people attend our churches who come and “sit” or, as we have all learned in the last 18 months, “watch.” They are...
How COVID Pushed One Fresh Expression into New Places and Spaces 20 Apr 2021 Recently, the Fresh Expression led by our own Gannon and Carey Sims was featured in Faith and Leadership. Check it out! When sanctuaries closed their doors in mid-March 2020 in...
Don’t Fit in at Church? Maybe You’re “R and D” Gannon Sims | 19 Sep 2016 When we use the term pioneer, we mean someone who will pave a different way forward. Pioneers can’t help it. It’s in their DNA. Jonny Baker, a leader of pioneer...

Church Revitalization [Free Webinar]

Watch this on-demand webinar featuring church revitalization practitioner David Graham.