Rev. Dr. Michael Moynagh is a minister in the Church of England and is based at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. In the early 1990s, he led a church that was one of the first in the United Kingdom to start an intentional teenagers’ congregation. He has been involved in new types of Christian community for over 20 years, learning from the “pioneers” involved, and writing extensively about them. He is sometimes known as “the theologian of fresh expressions of church,” and has an international consulting and teaching ministry.

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PRE-CONFERENCE: Fresh Expressions: Multiplication, Multi-Site, and Missional Vitality for Everyday Christians — Hosted by FLUMC
The realities of the last two years have thrust the church into a new era. The challenge before us is not only to rebuild but to build anew. For the foreseeable future we need a way of being church that is flexible in form, timely in context, rooted in depth, and scalable in resource. This is the call for a new kind of local church. For nearly two decades the fresh expressions movement has been helping existing churches and institutions find new forms of life that put the church Jesus loves closer to where the people Jesus loves are. We believe that every church can be missionally vital, every church can be multi-site, and every church can multiply by living into a new mental model for what it means to be a local congregation. During this pre-conference you will learn about the vision, model, and tools that normal, everyday churches are using to become a movement that reaches new people. Full list of speakers for this pre-con here.
Day / Time: Monday 1:00pm — 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:00am — 11:30am
Location: Kids 2 - Room 116

Workshop Session 2: Democratizing Church Planting: Spirit Empowered Multiplication for the Whole People of God
Inaccessible Church: The first part of this workshop will examine the shifts contributing to decline and explain an “ecclesiology of gift” and the need for the “democratization of church planting.” Then we'll move to The Discipleship Journey: Evangelism, discipleship, and church planting are not programs, departments, or the expertise of specialists. They are a singular move of the Spirit that flows through the life of every Jesus follower. When we do this in community with others, we are the fullness of the “priesthood of all believers." Finally, we will discuss Church Planting for Everyone: The “how” to do Spirit empowered multiplication from the local church setting. Tools, processes, and handouts will be provided.
Time: Wednesday, 8:45am — 9:45am
Location: Kids 2 - Room 112
Speakers: Michael Moynagh, Michael Beck

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