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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.

  • Zac's Place - update Oct12

    Sean Stillman updates the story of Zac's Place, Church for Ragamuffins in Swansea - discussing brokenness, boundaries and baptisms.

    Tuesday, 16 October, 2012
  • work:space - update Jun12

    Paul Bradbury updates the story of work:space, church in the workplace in Poole.

    Tuesday, 16 October, 2012
  • The Order of the Black Sheep - update Apr12

    Mark Broomhead updates the story of The Order of the Black Sheep.

    Tuesday, 16 October, 2012
  • Presence - update Oct12

    David Cundill updates the story of Presence, a Bishop's Mission Order on the west side of Leicester's city centre.

    Monday, 15 October, 2012
  • FREEdom café - update Oct12

    Mary Casey gives the latest news from FREEdom café in Seaton, Devon.

    Tuesday, 2 October, 2012
  • city:base

    city:base - along with St Thomas' Philadelphia and King's Centre - form Network Church Sheffield. Matt Broughton tells how city:base became a Bishop's Mission Order.

    Monday, 24 September, 2012
  • LINK

    A waterfront café in Ipswich has become home to a community of people keen to develop faith and friendship. One of LINK's organisers, Roger Eyre, explains more.

    Monday, 17 September, 2012
  • The Valley Network

    Levi Santana is a pioneer ordinand at St Mellitus College. He also leads a small missional community in High Wycombe called The Valley Network.

    Tuesday, 4 September, 2012
  • Redeemer Church, Ajax

    Ryan Sim is working on a new approach to church for busy commuters in Ontario, starting with a mobile app and community called Redeem the Commute.

    Monday, 20 August, 2012
  • Upstart Church

    A brief encounter with a coffee shop owner changed the way Greg LeMaster thinks about church.

    Monday, 20 August, 2012