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There are no experts when it comes to starting and sustaining fresh expressions of church. No one has really been doing it long enough yet to claim to know it all. But we can learn from one another and so as you explore these stories, look for principles and values rather than simply models to take off the shelf and follow.

And of course, if you are involved in a fresh expression of church, with the deliberate intention of starting a new congregation for those normally well off the radar of conventional church, let us know! Submit your story using the link to the right. 

Don't forget the power of a good story - Jesus didn't.

  • Food for Thought

    Klynn and Susan Alibocus discuss setting up a fresh expression of church in an affluent 'commuter' village.

    Monday, 1 February, 2010
  • Building a fresh expression on the Bloomfield Estate

    Kevin Metcalf, Church Army Evanglist, describes his early attempts at pioneering in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

    Monday, 1 February, 2010
  • Sunday Sanctuary

    Revd Mark Rodel shares the story of Portsmouth's high-rise church

    Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
  • Nightchurch

    Steve Jones, Pioneer Team Co-ordinator, tells us about 'a bit of an adventure' in Devon.

    Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
  • The Wesley Playhouse

    The story of one church's journey from impending closure to thriving play centre.

    Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
  • Skateboards meet spirituality

    A fresh expression of church in Perth, Ontario, is attracting young skateboarders to blend skating culture with Christianity.

    Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
  • RE:NEW

    Pioneering Baptist minister, Simon Goddard, explains how RE:NEW grew in rural Cambridgeshire.

    Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
  • Solace

    A fresh expression of church for clubbers in Cardiff.

    Monday, 30 November, 2009
  • Emmanuel Café Church Leeds

    A fresh expression of church that is 'fuelled by coffee'... Matt Ward, a chaplain at the University of Leeds, takes us behind the scenes at Emmanuel Café Church.

    Monday, 30 November, 2009
  • The Terminus Initiative

    Methodist pioneering minister Joy Adams explains how her fresh expression of church began life in a butchers shop in the local bus station.

    Monday, 16 November, 2009