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Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It- and What to Do About It
Kris Beckert | 14 Nov 2018
Sometimes the story feels like a rerun. It’s a story that seems to play out time and again: a church that is rapidly declining has a pastor or a denomination...
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Here’s What You Missed at The Amore Conference
Gannon Sims | 27 Mar 2017
The Fresh Expressions movement is about putting the church Jesus loves closer to the people Jesus loves. We do this by working through the inherited church to expand its reach...
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[Watch] A Cross-Denominational Conversation on Evangelism and Family Life
8 Mar 2017
Fresh Expressions – Amore Project from BGAV on Vimeo. Next Week in Harrisburg, Pa! REGISTER FOR AMORE HERE Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Free Webinar on Church Revitalization...
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Loving the Lord with Our Health
Michael Beck | 6 Mar 2017
Pioneering is tough! Not only do we face opposition from the inhabitants of the new territories into which we follow the Spirit to plant the Gospel, but when we are...
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Why Christians from Different Traditions are “Bringing Church Home”
25 Jan 2017
We’re counting down the days to Bringing Church Home! Here why this is such an important topic that Christians from various traditions are coming together. Learn more HERE. Share Facebook...
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Six Signs of a Prophetic Community Your Church Needs
Chris Morton | 20 Dec 2016
If you are going to start a new church, you need a good reason why. It’s not enough to need a new job (your new church may never be able...
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Learning to Pray in a Fresh Expression of Church
Joshua Hearne | 9 Dec 2015
It’s already about twelve minutes after the time we’re supposed to get started when I step out onto the porch. “Five minutes and we’re going to get started, y’all,” I...
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Three Groups of People Who Don’t Go to Your Church (and where to find them)
Ken Carter | 19 Oct 2015
I have recently concluded a couple of weeks of study and renewal, a time that also included some teaching, meals with students and conversations with academic leaders. I lived in...
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A Better Question is: Why Do Any of Us Stay in Church?
Chris Morton | 17 Aug 2015
There’s a big hubub about Millennials leaving the church. The same can be heard about baby boomers and, most recently, women. It would be easy to come up with a...
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Surprising Benefits for Churches who Start Fresh Expressions
Travis Collins | 27 Oct 2014
Some fresh expressions of church spring up on their own, independent of any existing congregation. Lots of those “independent” fresh expressions are thriving. Most fresh expressions of church, however, emerge...
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Travis Collins: Multiple Births
Travis Collins | 2 Jul 2014
When we look out into God’s Creation, birth is seen as an indicator of health. When an organism gives birth to one, two, three, or more new organisms, it passes...
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Gannon Sims: A Story to Share
Gannon Sims | 26 Mar 2014
In less than 48 hours, leaders from across the country will join the Fresh Expressions National Gathering in Alexandria. And every presenter, attendee and volunteer will have a story to...