Month: October 2005
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Some Basics
As I prepare for a conference in Thailand that involves presentations on Church Planting Movements (David Garrison’s staff) and House Church (my little piece), I have had my thoughts drawn back to the basics of simple/house church that I always want to keep before me: It’s all about Jesus. It’s not about how, where, when,…
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Great Reminders
Bill Reed has been working with house churches for the last couple of years in a neighboring community in the Central Coast of California. He recently sent out the following reminders to some of those he gathers with which I thought was some good food to pass along to all of us: Personal time with…
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Yet… Missiology Comes First?!
The last two posts have brought up the tension between being missional and building effective community. I am continuing this discussion by mentioning an excellent article by Mark Van S in the new NextWave: You are church before you do church. This is one of the fueling insights of the missional church movement. This isn’t…
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Life Together
I find myself often caught between the two tensions of being missional while developing community life. Both are vital. Both are part of the calling of Christian living. Neither one is mutually exclusive of the other. I firmly believe that if we can balance these two we will see a unique synergism that will draw…