Month: August 2007

  • Church at Home Resources: Spirit-Led Gatherings

    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 to see our gatherings fueled by the Holy Spirit’s leading and empowerment.  It is good to remind ourselves some…

  • SimpleChurch Conference in California

    I want to mention our own “SimpleChurch Conference” we are hosting, October 12-14, in San Luis Obispo, California. We are not making a big “to-do” about this as we are intentionally keeping it small (35 or so people) so that it can be interactive and experiential. However… if you know of anyone that might be…

  • Why Are We Doing This?

    Sometimes it’s helpful to step back and ask the question: “Why are we doing this house church / simple church thing?” Fame?  Fortune?  Prestige?  Probably not! Is it because this is the “Scripturally correct” thing to do?  Well… I do think Scripture has something to say about the primary church gathering being small, simple, family-style,…