NewChurchLife

It is easier to invite people to get to know God if they already know you. For fun ideas used by re:vive (read more)  

Get the full text of Church Next: what could emerging Adventism look like? - a workshop presented at a council of Australian Adventist Pastors (8 Feb 08) - by leaving a note in comments. (read more)

Genevieve invites friends to meals in her home and the local bar – and their “spiritual interest” is awakened … (read more).

“I hope you are encouraged and excited by this,” says Judy Douglas – the Church Army officer who has been working with the group in Canberra (Australia's capital). “I am very proud of them.” Check out the Basement.

“We are entering a new way of doing church with our café community,” says Sharyn Walmsley of Café 7 in suburban Perth, Western Australia. “We are concluding that Café 7 is not a definition but a description of doing mission/church side by side on a daily basis.” 
Mugs create interest! “We have mugs which have a [...]

Last week (Tuesday) Cottage Beck Café was crowded with non-church friends, family and Café Church friends to witness Aaron’s immersion baptism in a portable 'fish' tank. Read more.

“Before I started to come to re:vive I thought God was nothing but a myth,” says Harry, aged 11. And, Zak (aged 13) says, “I was, to put it frankly, very atheistic!” Be inspired by the stories of these two young people who have found God at re:vive (England) – and also the comments of [...]

Fresh expressions of church are happening. It is as if God is giving His church back to His people – and members (young and old) are accepting the challenge. Click on and read the stories of the FOCUS Teen Church & an emerging initiative for professionals in London, LEVEL SEVEN.

The Forge National Summit occurred last weekend (Melbourne, Australia) and saw hundreds of people on the emergent journey exposed to ‘dangerous stories’ from scripture, history, people’s lives and from churches seeking to engage with people in our culture in more faithful ways. "This was my first experience mixing with people from Forge and the emergent [...]