Month: April 2007

I wanted to look at three more writer/practitioners on the subject of discipleship.  This is a continuation of my last post.  I am not suggesting that anyone has "the definitive way to do it" (as if there is such an animal), but I am stimulated by reflecting on the different perspectives. David Garrison Garrison, author…

Our last tele-conversation (previous two posts) raised the issue of “discipleship pathways.”  How do we address healthy disciple-making (spiritual formation) in the context of simple/house church? I think this issue has much to do with how we view the process of discipleship.  If it is just information downloading (my old way of thinking), then it’s…

As per the previous post, we had a tele-conversation (7 of us altogether) on the future of house church.  I was very excited about the opportunity to share stories with people who are on the same journey in different parts of the world. As is typical of “house church,” the conversation took on a life…

Interested in a tele-conference-conversation, with 6 to7 people, on the future of the house church movement? Here is what I am proposing… What: a tele-conference-conversation that will give us the opportunity to interact with others from various parts of the world with an engaging topic: the future of the house church movement. Who: 6 or…

I am chewing on some excellent food from Alan Hirsch’s book, Forgotten Ways.  He asserts that we have cultivated a consumerist approach to Christianity and that our typical church models feed this consumer mentality. Sound harsh?  Didn’t church-growth proponents explicitly teach us to mimic the shopping mall and apply it to the church?  In this…