This is the vision statement for Robert Fitts and Outreach Fellowship International. I thought it helped to more clearly define what “what is a home church.” What Is a Home Church? What We Affirm We affirm […]
My son-in-law attended a church planting workshop put on by New Church Specialties. Although it was focusing on traditional churches, some of the initial preperatory steps are relevant for house church planting: Ask “Why are you […]
How to Do Church at Home: Worship Regarding worship I want to encourage our own house churches to broaden and to bring. To broaden refers to broadening our worship expressions. We take time, normally, to let […]
We are made for relationship… with God… and with others. The reality is… we need each other and we need to be real with each other. As Christians, I’m not sure we know what this means. […]
I have just ordered a new book recommended to me by John White called “House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity” by Roger Gehring. Robert Banks wrote this review of the […]
Some comments on a recent post inspired me to think about house church and participatory gatherings… how difficult they are, yet how essential they are. These comments brought up the issue of spiritual gifts. John writes: […]
I recently received an email that led to a discussion of how to “re-train” Christians to experience participatory, Spirit-led gatherings in home churches and home church movements. Of course, it is always easier to avoid the […]
Notes to some friends on Spirit-led gatherings for their church at home: “If we will learn to hear and follow His promptings, we will never have a boring meeting (Felicity Dale).” I believe we all want […]
J.D. Payne has done a study of house churches, specifically those that he calls “missional house churches.” Many interesting tidbits are found in this study. For example… Payne identifies four types of people who are typically […]
Have we lost the art of risk when it comes to our faith? Are we settling for play-it-safe, cookie-cutter religion that has no life, teeth, focus, or power to it? I know risk and faith can […]