If you are a pioneer minister, where do you go to find out more about how others are developing fresh expressions of church? The chances are that you will turn to Share, the website developed as part of a joint project between Fresh Expressions and Church Army.
Pages are frequently added to The Guide and a Share blog is also available for guest contributors to pose questions and tackle key issues. Now two additional areas have been added to the site, which has also been given a 'makeover' with a new-look home page and easier navigation:
- The Share Community - rub shoulders with other practitioners and those interested in new forms of church, write blogs, and form or join discussion groups. Invite users to be a Friend, use Twitter-like 'What's new' to say how you’re feeling (in 140 characters), share files and photos, or read what others are saying;
- Share perspectives - a more formal learning space where pioneers can read current research and add their own comments. Contributors write about mission in different contexts with the idea of building up a picture of what it means to be fresh expressions of church.
Michael Moynagh, editor of Share, said:
The value of the new community area is that lots of people don't want to blog every day but they do want to be part of a community of bloggers with a specialised interest. They want to hear those voices, wherever they may come from – interdenominational, international, and traditional or other church streams.
Editor’s Notes
Launched in October 2007, Share went on to develop a website to chart the story to date for:
- people starting out in fresh expressions;
- permission-givers wanting to encourage fresh expressions of church without having first hand experience themselves;
- the global Church interested in finding out more.
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