Learning from “Fresh Expressions of Church” and the “Loving-First Cycle” through a Case Study from Cape Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11295579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Aldous (Principal Officer for Mission and Evangelism, Churches Together England UK, corresponding author), Michael Moynagh (Associate Tutor, Wycliffe Hall Oxford UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-212 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mission Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733831-12341790 |
| OpenAlex | W3210463677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article outlines and engages the “loving-first cycle” as a contextual model for starting new faith communities and as potentially one of the lessons from “fresh expressions” for the wider church. Initially we describe two alternative approaches to church multiplication and explain the “loving-first cycle” as a contrasting methodology arising from the experience of fresh expressions of church in the UK. Next, we ground the cycle in a case study from Cape Town, South Africa. Then we argue that the cycle has the potential to be an intentional methodology for mission
Archaeology · Cape · Epistemology · Faith · History of religions · Multiplication (music · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Mathematics · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |