SECULARISATION: Emergence of new forms of expression

Question 1

What did fresh Expressions grow out of?

Answer 1

A report called ‘Mission-shaped Church’

Question 2

What is the term fresh expressions used for?

Answer 2

A variety of ways in which Christian groups operate alongside conventional church membership

Question 3

What are the aims of fresh expressions movements?

Answer 3

To ‘outreach’ or to nurture an alternative kind of church community

Question 4

What is the fresh expressions approach to religion?

Answer 4

To explore the concerns and views of ordinary people and then see how Christian ideas and teachings may be relevant

Question 5

Quote from Fresh Expressions mission statement

Answer 5

Acts ‘through championing, resourcing and multiplying new ways of being in Church’

Question 6

What is the aim of the House Church movement?

Answer 6

To re-establish the practices of the Early Church, when Roman society was hostile to Christianity, and people worshipped together in private homes. Focuses on individual experience rather than God’s existence

Question 7

When did the House Church Movement start in Europe?

Answer 7

The 1960s

Question 8

How many House Churches were there by the end of the 1980s?

Answer 8

Over 1000

Question 9

What makes the House Church Movement different to organised Churches?

Answer 9

It is separated from the control, structures and doctrines of organised Churches