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
Dr. Anita Eastlack
Director of Evangelism and Discipleship for the Northeast District of the Wesleyan Church
"During the summer, 185 leaders across our Northeast District of The Wesleyan Church participated in Dinner Church training, and the impact was immediate. Within two months, eight new dinner churches launched, with six more churches in the process of finalizing their plan. This training has proven to be a powerful tool for equipping everyday missionaries and multiplying fresh expressions of church in our communities. Our dream is to see dozens more in the next couple of years, reaching new people in new places in new ways and on new days."
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'!"
"Heather is amazing! She carries a humble spirit that makes it easy to stay curious and explore something new like Fresh Expressions with her. Her experience in leading different expressions was both insightful and encouraging. Her flexibility and go-with-the-flow attitude made it a joy to invite and host her—she truly embodies the ‘try it out’ posture and authentic relationships that are at the heart of Fresh Expressions."
Hilda Santiago
Program Manager for Migration Ministries and Diversifying Communities for the Southwestern Texas Synod
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.
How should I interact with an outpost?
The best way to begin interacting with an outpost is to get in touch with the coordinator for a relational meeting. Why? Outposts will not flourish without the development of relationships together.
Past that point, our outposts will help you think, explore, participate, and practice fresh expression initiatives within your community.
Interactions
THINK
newsletters:
devotional:
27 Days to Reimagine Discipleship

prayer guide:
27 Days to Cultivating Ground
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
TRI-ANNUAL OUTPOST GATHERINGS
This in-person gathering is 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.
The first outpost gathering is likely to be coming in early 2026.

PRACTICES FOR MISSION GROUP
Led either by the Outpost Coordinator or a local leader with coaching from the Outpost Coordinator, this group study will guide leaders and teams to reimagine discipleship and live with a missional intentionality within their local community.
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 WITH US
Join us in prayer over this new outpost and its development within our area.
COLLABORATE WITH US
Become a collaborative partner within the outpost to discern with other communities during the tri-annual outpost gatherings what God is doing in their communities!
- Get trained as a Discussion Guide
- Get trained as a Network Cultivator
- Get trained as a FX Mission Coach
- Become a Bridge Builder
CONTRIBUTE TO US
- Give One Time Donation
- Set Up Recurring Mission Giving
- Talk About 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)