Month: November 2008
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Chapter 5: Reaching Out–An Outbreak of Love
From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book. The entire book can still be downloaded here. REACH DISCIPLE GATHER EMPOWER MULTIPLY The first principle we see for God’s going, missional people is the intention to reach out to others. This is not a project nor a program, but a way of life that…
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Chapter 6: Disciplemaking Is For Everyone
REACH DISCIPLE GATHER EMPOWER MULTIPLY ”The clergy-laity distinction removed personal discipleship from the hands of common Christians (Dennis McCallum).” The greatest joy of the Christian life is being used by God to bring whole-life, spiritual transformation to another. We have removed much of this joy by not understanding that true “disciple-making”…
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Being the Missional Church
What some call the "missional movement" resonates with my own longings for the simple/house church movement. There is a 56-minute video here of Michael Frost speaking on "Being the Missional Church." He addresses 1. thinking differently about God; 2. thinking differently about the church; and, 3. thinking differently about the world. His message, in my opinion, is worth…
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Chapter 2: Defining “Church” (Webster Has It Wrong)
From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book. The entire book can still be downloaded here. Church according to Miriam-Webster’s online dictionary: 1: a building for public and especially Christian worship2: the clergy or officialdom of a religious body3: a body or organization of religious believers: as a: the whole body of Christians b: denomination <the Presbyterian…
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Chapter 3: Unleashing the “Going” Church
From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book. The entire book can still be downloaded here. I previously posted much of this chapter, so if it sounds familiar, that's why. The church is meant to be the expression of Christ’s life and power on earth. This can only take place as: • We move out of “comfy Christianity”…
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Chapter 4: A Process of Five Principle
From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book. The entire book can still be downloaded here. “Jesus didn’t leave us with a system he left us with his Spirit. He gave us his Spirit as a guide instead of a map.” Wayne Jacobsen The risk of writing any book on “church” or “Jesus’ way of life” is…