NewChurchLife

As well as a time to share faith - and celebrate with our communities - this time of the year also gives an opportunity to say THANKS. A couple of weeks ago our Living Waters plant had a worship time entitled In Appreciation - during which we praised God and expressed appreciation for the contributions [...]

The idea was born in the Copenhagen Cathedral. “The aim of Quiet Church is to provide a peaceful space where people can be with God," says Henrik Jorgensen, Dean of Students at Newbold College. Read more about Quiet Church in Emerging Stories. This could be one alternative for "noisy church" - and provide rest for hassled [...]

This is a story worth reading - the emerging Remix church plant for teenagers in Copenhagen. It started as a teen club, Plug In. 

“Over the last couple of years our church has transitioned from a fairly typical Glen Osmond Baptist Church to GO Christian Network, an extended family of missional communities,” says the pastor, Andrew Turner – who is also the Emerging Church Facilitator for Baptists in South Australlia. The GO Christian Network communities include a simplified Sunday-in-a-church-congregation, [...]

The pastor of Landsborough Adventist church (on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia) launched three new church plants on one day. With over-crowding in the parent church it was agreed that a group from the 40 members living around Maleny (20 km west) would hive off to form the core team of a new plant. Arrangements [...]

This is a special report in the Adventist Review - taken from Outreach Magazine. While some congregations build bigger facilities, other faith groups are starting a new trend in worship. See how by clicking on this link. http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=857  (First published in the Jan-Feb 2003 edition of Outreach Magazine )

With many church planting teams involved in ministry for community kids and teens we have invited some to share some of the ideas they are using. Click on Kids' Ministry Ideas and explore. Also share your most creative ideas and check out Melissa Hambrick's excellent article, The Parent Factor, from Outreach magazine. (Thanks Julie Weslake for sending this article.)

Rosemary Lethbridge is researching (at the desk, on foot and in prayer) in preparation to plant a new church for the “indigenous majority population” (IMPS) in Greater Southampton, England. “IMPS are at the far left of the Engel's scale and Southampton is among the most affluent areas of the UK - so God has a [...]