Cultivating New Growth, Together.
Helping pastors and teams, experience something fresh, together.
Sometimes pastoring is lonely and other times pastoring seems to never have enough time; we are here to be a partner and resource in your discipleship and mission efforts, helping cultivate fresh expression Initiatives within the church.
Outposts Help Leaders and Teams Experience:
Support and encouragement from a passionate community.
A proven pathway to cultivate a fresh expression and experience revitalization.
Personalized coaching and training specific to your context.
Regular opportunities for collaboration with pioneers and leaders.
Testimonials
What people are saying
Bob Chrisman
ELM Tree Ministry Executive Director
"I met Brad through a mutual friend and asked him to meet with me to discuss our ministry which is dedicated to sharing the love of Christ with residents in nursing homes. At the time, I was struggling with how to communicate the gospel in a way that was engaging and meaningful rather than simply delivering another sermon. Brad helped me see a fresh perspective on presenting the gospel in a way that residents could personally relate to. He also encouraged an interactive approach that invited discussion and participation, making the message much more impactful. Because of the insight and value Brad brought, I invited him to lead a training session for our speakers. The response from everyone who attended was overwhelmingly positive, and the training was a tremendous success. Brad has continued to be an invaluable resource, providing thoughtful feedback, practical wisdom, and consistent encouragement whenever I've needed it."
Phil Gardner
Sandusky, Ohio
"This old retired guy is learning how effective mission is being done these days...creating relationships with people and inviting them, not to buildings, but to Jesus. Our area has created a Fresh Expressions "mission outpost" to help put interested Christians in direct contact with a trained FX strategist. We'll see what the Spirit has in store for our 'neck of the woods'!"
Fresh Expression Outposts are where pioneers and practitioners can interact locally and gain free coaching, collaboration, and community with others in the Fresh Expressions movement. The Outpost Coordinator both cultivates and contributes to this refreshing effort in our localized areas. The Outpost Coordinator is sent by Fresh Expressions NA and provided by generous partners to guide church leaders and teams in reimagining discipleship and rediscovering mission through pioneering a fresh expression Initiative, bringing about a revitalization and new life in the church.
Get Refreshed
Free Coaching, Collaboration, and Community to reimagine discipleship, rediscover mission, and revitalize church.
Coaching involves teaching, consulting, and mentoring specific to your context.
Collaboration involves preparing, listening, experimenting, and contributing to our fellow practitioners through the outpost.
Community often results in encouragement and refinement in our fresh expression initiatives.
Interactions
THINK
newsletter:
GUIDED PRAYER JOURNEY:
21 Days to Discerning Missional Opportunities
EXPLORE
REIMAGINE & REDISCOVER SEMINAR
(Two, ~2 Hour Sessions)
Imagine/Vision (~2 Hours): Begin exploring Fresh Expressions with this session covering various concepts about Fresh Expressions Initiatives.
Discover/Experience (~2 Hours): Plan a taste and see experience for your church community to reimagine what discipleship and mission can look like in your local community.
SHARING JESUS STORIES SEMINAR
(~4-5 Hour Seminar)
Our Outpost Director will conduct a one-day seminar to equip everyone in your congregation to go out on mission and to disciple their neighbors. As a leader, all you need to do is gather your community and join to explore together.
PARTICIPATE
OUTPOST GATHERINGS
These in-person gatherings are all about connecting fellow pioneers, leaders, and teams together to share, encourage, and grow. The day will be filled with singing, storytelling, listening to God, prayer, table discussions, mutual encouragements, and more (including lunch)! This gathering is designed to equip and inspire you in your context.
discussion & discernment groups
Join together with other pioneers to discuss and discern next steps in your Fresh Expression journey by reading and discussing a book selected and facilitated by the Outpost Coordinator. These are short-term commitments which will bring about coaching, collaboration, and community moments. Example book titles include: “How to Pioneer,” and “Seven Practices for Mission.”
PRACTICE
START A FX JOURNEY
Consult with the Outpost Director and decide with your team on a 6, 12, or 18 month pathway to starting a Fresh Expression Initiative. Then, receive monthly coaching calls and quarterly meet ups for direction, training, and encouragement, all contextualized to your community .
QUARTERLY COACHING MEET UP
Receive individual and contextualized coaching with your Fresh Expression initiative(s).
Help Refresh
Discover ways to help refresh churches by partnering with the Fresh Expressions movement as we make coaching, collaboration, and community available to any community exploring or practicing fresh expressions, seeing revitalization and new life come into the church.
Bring New Life, Together
Help Sprout New Life to Refresh Church Communities
Sometimes for things to grow they need pruned and carefully cultivated; other times for a seed to grow it must go through death in order to sprout again in resurrection life! Whether your church community is in a season of life, pruning, cultivation, or death – there is revitalized life coming through something fresh!
here are the realities:
Thousands of church organizations are closing each year.1
Church leaders were never equipped or taught how to evangelize people or people groups in seminary.2
Less than half of American’s claim to have faith, and it continues to drop.3
40% of pastors are considering leaving vocational ministry.4
Fresh Expression Outposts exist to reverse
these trends
and revitalize church
by offering free coaching, collaboration, and community to struggling or declining churches.
THROUGH OUR CULTIVATION PARTNERS, WE PROVIDE AT NO COST:
Coaching
&Resources
Personalized coaching and training specific to your context.
COMMUNITY
& EVENTS
Support and encouragement from a passionate community.
COLLABORATION
& CONNECTION
Regular opportunities for collaboration with pioneers and leaders.
Let's Partner Together
Help us cultivate what God is doing fresh and new in our churches and communities!
PRAY OVER THE WORK
The best way to join with us in prayer over what God is doing, is by
subscribing to our newsletter
and seeing the prayer updates section.
CONTRIBUTE TO the work
- Give One Time Donation
- Set Up Recurring Mission Giving
- Contact Us About Starting a Legacy Fund
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1 Between 6,000-10,000 church organizations in the U.S. are closing each year; that is about 100-200 churches closing this week. (Lifeway Research)
2 76% of pastors admit to feeling inadequately trained for the ministry (Gitnux Market Data Research)
3 Verify with resource…
4 40% of pastors are considering leaving the ministry (Barna Research)