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Real life, real people, real stories.

There are no experts when it comes to starting and sustaining fresh expressions of church - no one has really been doing it long enough 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.

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.

  • Night Church Hastings

    A town centre church in Hastings hosts a monthly Night Church to provide a safe space on Saturday evenings. Revd Annette Hawkins explains more.

    Monday, 30 January, 2012
  • Reel Church

    Reel Church is for film-lovers who want to start to think about a movie's spiritual impact and significance and how it might relate to their own lives.

    Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
  • GraceSpace

    GraceSpace in Bradford is 'a church for people who don't go to church'. Pioneer minister Colin Blake explains how the community has developed.

    Monday, 16 January, 2012
  • 1st Sunday@5

    Castle Square United Reformed Church in Trefforest hosts a Café Church every month. Leader Gethin Rhys explains its development since launching in September 2008.

    Monday, 9 January, 2012
  • East Worthing Café Church

    In 2009 a group of Christians hired East Worthing Community Centre for 'a couple of weeks' to trial a café church. Leader John Beales explains more.

    Monday, 19 December, 2011
  • Goth Eucharist, Cambridge

    The Goth Eucharist featured originally on expressions: the dvd - 2: changing church in every place. The Eucharist's Chaplain, Fraser Watts, outlines what's happening today.

    Monday, 19 December, 2011
  • New Song Café

    New Song Café has been running at Bold Street Methodist Church, Warrington, for three years. Jackie Bellfield traces its story as a fresh expression of church.

    Monday, 19 December, 2011
  • United Media Church

    United Media Church in Kingswood recognises that people learn and engage in different ways. Adrian Wyatt explains why they describe themselves as 'the same, but different'.

    Monday, 12 December, 2011
  • Sunday Sanctuary - update Dec11

    Mark Rodel is City Centre Pioneer Minister for the Diocese of Portsmouth and Associate Priest in the parish of St Luke, Southsea. He looks at what has been happening at Sunday Sanctuary.

    Monday, 5 December, 2011
  • Dream - update Nov11

    Richard White updates the story of Zone2 and Dream.

    Tuesday, 29 November, 2011