Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Chuch

One of the big encouragements of recent years has been the impetus of Christians to discover new ways of living out and communicating the Gospel in a restless and sceptical age. This has given rise to a number of challenges and questions, not least about what it means to be the Church - and how 'fresh expressions' relate to 'inherited' forms of the Church. This report seeks to crystallize some of the major questions about the ecclesiology of the mission-shaped Church and to provide pointers as to how we may grapple creatively with them.
Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church concentrates on those areas of fresh expressions which Anglicans and Methodists have in common. The authors share their conviction that there is an important task of listening and a sharing of experience which needs to flow from this report; also a sense that 'inherited' and 'fresh' expressions of the Church will be more effective as they learn from each other what it is to be a sign of God's kingdom in the world. The authors offer this report in the hope that it will further the mission and ministry of their churches and also help us work together more closely.