The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to be the keynote speaker at a national event in Lincoln which will focus on the long-term development of fresh expressions of church.
The event - hosted by Fresh Expressions at the Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground - will take place on 5 March 2010. The Archbishop will be looking at growth to spiritual maturity, while the day will also help those leading new congregations to find out more about such key issues as finance, accountability and sustainability.
The day aims to examine the theme of local shared ecumenical support and ownership, and how this is developed through FEASTs (Fresh Expressions Area Strategy Teams).
Bishop Graham Cray, Archbishops' Missioner and leader of the Fresh Expressions team, said that Lincoln was a particularly appropriate venue because of the successful work being done across the county in establishing pioneering forms of church.
"Some people have said fresh expressions of church are just the latest fad," he added, "but the Lincoln experience proves otherwise. There are good signs of church growth there, and it was the first area of the UK to develop a county-wide ecumenical FEAST. The rest of us have much to learn from the work in Lincolnshire."
The conference is open to anyone interested in reaching those normally well off the Church's radar with a regional, inter-denominational and co-ordinated approach to mission and evangelism. Tickets are £25 and can be booked at www.freshexpressions.org.uk/training/lincoln.
Changing the landscape: fresh expressions and the long term will run from 11am to 4pm (refreshments and registration from 10.30am). It will be held at The Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln, LN2 2NA.
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