Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age, Michael Adam Beck
Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age, Michael Adam Beck
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Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age
How the Church Can Prepare for a Post Pandemic World

Author: Michael Adam Beck, Rosario Picardo

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2022

Synopsis

Fresh Expressions is a canary in the coal mine, alerting congregations to reevaluate what the Church is, where and when it can happen, and who can lead it. Church as we know it is inaccessible to most people. A fundamental premise of the movement is that Church can become accessible again by emerging in every nook and cranny where life already happens. Fresh Expressions is based in simplification, returning to basic scriptural principles, and a recovery of a "priesthood of all believers"—in the three places where people live and relate to others.

First Place: The home or primary place of residence.

Second Place: The workplace or school place.

Third Place: The public places separate from the two usual social environments of home and workplace, which host regular, voluntary, informal, and neutral spaces of communion and play. Examples are environments such as cafes, pubs, theaters, parks, and so on.

About Michael Adam Beck

Michael Beck is director of re-missioning for Fresh Expressions US and cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. Michael serves as co-pastor of Wildwood UMC with his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, an interracial unity movement and house a faith-based inpatient treatment center. Wildwood is a traditional congregation and a network of thirteen fresh expressions that gather in tattoo parlors, dog parks, salons, running tracks, community centers and burrito joints. Michael earned a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and a doctorate in semiotics and future studies at Portland Seminary. He is the author of Deep Roots, Wild Branches, and A Field Guide to Methodist Fresh Expressions. Jill and Michael currently live in Wildwood. They have a blended family of eight children, four grandchildren and two pugs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aaron

Striking a balance between practical application and academic research, Michael and Rosario paint a picture of fresh expressions that extends into the digital frontier to connect people with God and one another. Discussion questions for teams and individuals help to frame conversation in local churc......more

Goodreads review by Rob

A Blended Ecology “Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age” is a good resource for anyone looking to see what possibilities God may have in store for His church. The idea I found most interesting in this book is the notion of a “blended ecology”. The concept states that both the new and the old, the tradi......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

Not for Rural Churches Had to read this for an Evangelism class. The things the authors outline might work in the cities where internet is widely available. But in rural areas, it simply doesn’t work. However I do like their Both/And approach that does still places some value in fave to face meetings......more

Goodreads review by E.

Interesting book Great book as we look to enter this new world post pandemic. The church indeed needs to evolve as it has in the past but it's a long road and they're aren't ready answers. The author's are aware of this but sometimes stay a little bit from the larger reality some churches will face.......more

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