<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The <italic>Mission-Shaped Church</italic> report by the Church of England prompted the Methodist Church and the Church of England in the UK to respond to the dislocation being felt between the inherited model of church and the missiological challenges of the twenty-first century. The most significant ecumenical development arising from the report was the formation of the Fresh Expressions initiative, whose sole task was to release leaders and communities to found churches for the ‘unchurched’.</p><p>Examples of Anglican fresh expressions are much researched, but Methodist contributions less so. This essay argues that Methodist people, as people of a holiness movement of mission and ministry, have much to offer to the current ecclesial debate. There is a need for fresh expressions to be denominationally distinctive before they can be distilled into something new.</p></abstract>

The Mission-Shaped Church report by the Church of England prompted the Methodist Church and the Church of England in the UK to respond to the dislocation being felt between the inherited model of church and the missiological challenges of the twenty-first century. The most significant ecumenical development arising from the report was the formation of the Fresh Expressions initiative, whose sole task was to release leaders and communities to found churches for the ‘unchurched’.Examples of Anglican fresh expressions are much researched, but Methodist contributions less so. This essay argues that Methodist people, as people of a holiness movement of mission and ministry, have much to offer to the current ecclesial debate. There is a need for fresh expressions to be denominationally distinctive before they can be distilled into something new.

Mission-shaped Methodism and Fresh Expressions

Holiness

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The Mission-Shaped Church report by the Church of England prompted the Methodist Church and the Church of England in the UK to respond to the dislocation being...

Mission-shaped Methodism and Fresh Expressions

Published Online: Apr 05, 2020

Page range: 199 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2015-0006

Keywords
EMERGING CHURCH, FRESH EXPRESSIONS, LEADERSHIP, METHODIST, MISSION, EVANGELISM, CULTURE

© 2015 Joanne Cox-Darling, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mission-shaped Methodism and Fresh Expressions

Published Online: Apr 05, 2020

Page range: 199 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2015-0006

KeywordsEMERGING CHURCH, FRESH EXPRESSIONS, LEADERSHIP, METHODIST, MISSION, EVANGELISM, CULTURE

© 2015 Joanne Cox-Darling, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
EMERGING CHURCH, FRESH EXPRESSIONS, LEADERSHIP, METHODIST, MISSION, EVANGELISM, CULTURE