Month: July 2006

Jim Rutz has used George Barna’s research to paint an interesting picture on house church involvement in the United States: But this week, even I was shocked to discover how big our house church community in North America really is. Briefly stated, we’re right about halfway between the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention…

Sometimes it is good to reflect on the stories that come out of "house/simple church." Most stories that we relish are not about something earthshaking taking place, but rather they are about simple events that reflect the culture and lifestyle that has become so special to us… Led by an Eight-Year-Old We recently had a…

Dick Scoggins, a veteran house church planter, has written an excellent article in the recent Frontiers Missions magazine: "Nurturing a New Generation of ‘Pauline’ and ‘Petrine’ Apostles." Whew… hefty title… but some very good meat. First off… Scoggins clarifies what he means by "apostle." He does NOT mean "someone who gives oversight to large churches…

We asked Neil Cole to spend an hour with a group of "church planters" on a phone conference… just to pick his brain a bit. He gave us quite an earful on living the missional lifestyle. His biggest challenge was that Christians tend to have few, if any, deep, personal relationships with nonChristians. I suppose…