Fresh expressions

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Fresh expressions (dt. Fresh expressions ) is the name for a series of new ecclesial groups within the Church of England have developed since 1990.

The movement

Development in England

In England, the term “Fresh Expressions of Church” was coined in 2004 based on the position paper “mission-shaped church” adopted by the Anglican and Methodist Churches. A Fresh Expressions movement was launched that promotes the spread of new forms of church and aims to reach people in their everyday lives, while the model of the people's church usually looks like that people meet and have fellowship in worship on Sundays, but be alone for the rest of the week.

This movement believes that 21st century British society is very different from the societies that were used in the formation of most classical parishes. They therefore assume that traditional Church expressions have become insignificant to much of the British population. Fresh expressions are characterized by a lack of formal adherence to traditional patterns of church life, language and places of encounter. She tries to make the gospel meaningful for people who have not previously belonged to any church. While 70% of the UK population said they were Christians in a 2001 census , less than 15% of the population said they regularly attend church services. Members of such groups try to redefine what church is . The statistics of the Church of England from 2007 showed that tens of thousands of people in England now belong to such groups.

The movement promotes local initiatives of new forms such as a climbing church, gospel church, caféthralen, social baking, church services in a bar, church on the farm. There are now fresh expressions for a wide variety of target groups. These include u. a. the skateboard and BMX culture in Essex , coffee house culture in Kidsgrove , artists and creatives in London , students in Southampton , surfers in Cornwall , Asians in Birmingham, Manchester city-center residents and children in Portsmouth .

In September 2005 the movement was officially recognized and promoted as an organization by the Church of England and the Methodist Church of Great Britain . Fresh Expressions has a core team of 15 people and is directed by Canon Philipp Potter on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The development of the ecumenical Fresh Expressions initiative is based on the report of the General Synod of the Church of England in 2004. The Methodist side of the movement is documented in the article Changing the Church in a Changing World . The United Reformer Church , the Congregational Federation and the Ground Level Network are also formal partners.

Development in Germany

In Germany, Michael Herbst , Professor of Practical Theology in Greifswald , campaigns for the idea of ​​fresh expressions to be adopted in the Protestant regional churches. Alongside the Anglican Bishops Steven Croft and Graham Cray, he was one of the keynote speakers at the Conference for Congregational Innovation Congregation 2.0 in March 2011 in Filderstadt-Bernhausen near Stuttgart. As a result, a round table for Fresh X was founded in Germany, from which the Fresh X network emerged.

A Fresh-X can be understood in the German-speaking area as a visible effect of the emergent dialogue , a noticeable new departure within the church.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fresh X is “a huge opportunity for the church” , idea.de, message from May 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ TEARFund research 2007
  3. ↑ http://www.moot.uk.net
  4. ↑ http://www.sanctus1.co.uk
  5. ↑ Archbishop Justin licenses Phil Potter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notification from April 3, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.freshexpressions.org.uk  
  6. ^ Church House Publishing ISBN 0-7151-4013-2
  7. ↑ (Methodist Verlag ISBN)
  8. ↑ http://www.gemeindezweinull.org
  9. ^ History. (No longer available online.) In: freshexpressions.de. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / freshexpressions.de
  10. ↑ Ian Mobsby: Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church: How are they Authentically Church and Anglican? Moot Community Publishing, London 2007, p. 28