num_pages: 224
description: According to Fresh Expressions U.S. a Fresh Expression is a form of church for our changing cultureestablished primarily for the benefit of those who are not yet part ofany church. Fresh Expressions are introducing people to Jesus expanding thekingdom and revitalizing churches. Congregations need a practical andtheological resource that can help them cultivate Fresh Expressions. As consultants who work nationwide and as innovative pastors authors Michael Beck and Jorge Acevedo awaken congregational leaders and ministry teams to a distinctive Wesleyan approach for the Fresh Expressions movement. In Wesleyan Fresh Expressions  they show congregations how to cultivate and customize fresh expressions that fit their local context. They motivate ministry teams to take risks experiment and when necessary fail well.On April 2 1739 John Wesley went to a field just outside what was then the city limits of Bristol England. There he tried a missional innovation called field preaching. Thousands of people showed up many of whom who had no connection with a church. Today most Methodists and other Wesleyans dont know their own story. Lost in the milieu of divisive issues that threaten to tear the church apart Wesleyans have forgotten their DNA as a renewal movement born not from doctrinal disputes but from a missional imperative. In this sense the Fresh Expressions movement is the most Methodist thing in the denomination today. This iteration of the Spirit is taking it to the fields again. Wesleyan Fresh Expressions will help guide the way.
language: English
title: A Field Guide to Methodist Fresh Expressions
publisher: Abingdon Press