New Church Communities

Three key websites are:

• Fresh expressions in the Church of England -  www.churchofengland.org/about/fresh-expressions-church-england 
  Greenhouse is the Church of England’s approach to establishing and growing new Christian communities.  Greenhouse suits anyone who feels called to establish and grow new, robust Christian communities among people who don’t yet know Jesus.  It is all explained here.
• Fresh Expressions website -   www.freshexpressions.org.uk 
• Church Army’s excellent research pages - www.churcharmy.org/our-work/research 
  The following are particularly helpful:
  • George Lings The Day of Small Things
  • George Lings Encountering the Day of Small Things (summary)
  • Seeing the Bigger Picture (summary of various reports)
  • Playfully Serious – How Messy Churches create new space for faith
  • Deepening Discipleship in Messy Church – Collaborative Research with BRF and The Church of England’s Evangelism and Discipleship Team

See also: Michael Moynagh, Being Church, Doing Life (Lion Hudson, 2014) - a good introduction to the fxC landscape