The development of the ecumenical Fresh Expressions initiative is based on the "Mission-shaped Church" report of the General Synod of the Church of England in 2004 (Church House Publishing ). The Methodist side of the movement is recorded in "Changing Church for a Changing World" (Methodist Publishing House ISBN). An update to the Mission-shaped Church report, "Fresh Expressions in the Mission of the Church" was published in 2012 by a joint working party of the Church of England and the Methodist Church to deepen the underlying theology of the movement and to counter some of the critiques (Church House Publishing ).