Our Story

We are a national movement equipping, inspiring, connecting, resourcing and giving courage to leaders and leadership teams as we serve our churches and communities.

Fresh Streams emerged out of the strong and rich history of the ‘word and spirit' stream within the Baptist Movement, which started as Mainstream in the 1970’s and became Fresh Streams in 2011. Annual leadership conferences have been a part of our movement for many years, with the first official Fresh Streams National Leadership Conference taking place in January 2012 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick.

In 2012 when Rev Andy Glover became team leader and since then our work has diversified through the the years,including the launch of our Theology School, which runs every two years. In recent years we’ve run regular prayer and resourcing events in partnership with our Kingdom Collaborators, with focuses on our priorities.

As a movement we have identified the following priorities:

  • Release and develop the full spectrum of leadership

    We make space for all whom God calls: women and men, younger and older, from every background and experience. Leadership is not about platform or personality, but about being disciples who others want to follow.

  • Pioneering, Planting & Mission

    We champion Spirit-led innovation that takes the Gospel beyond the familiar. We support planters, pioneers, and mission leaders to carry the good news into new communities, cultural spaces, and unlikely places expecting lives to be transformed and the Kingdom to break in.

  • Emerging Generations

    We support leaders in building ministries that equip children, youth, and parents to grow together in faith, creating homes and churches where the next generation can thrive. We are committed to the development of students and young adults, investing in their spiritual formation and leadership potential

  • Releasing a Holy Spirit Culture

    We create spaces where the presence of God is welcomed, discerned, and followed. We value prophetic ministry, revival hunger, prayerful dependence, and Spirit-led worship. We want churches where God moves freely , not chaotically, where the charismatic gifts are celebrated not tolerated.

  • Prophetic Presence

    We seek to both hear and embody God’s heart. Prophetic ministry is not only vertical (hearing God), but horizontal (acting justly). We stand with the broken, speak truth with grace, and pursue healing, justice, and renewal as expressions of the Kingdom breaking in.

Our desire is to be a movement informed by the Word and inspired by the Spirit to speak peacefully in a world of violence, truthfully in a world of lies, courageously in a world of fear and compassionately in a world of hate and hopefully in a world of turbulence.

Do contact us if you’d like to know more or would like to explore how to connect more intentionally.