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An excerpt from Simple/House Church Revolution: As we let go of control-type leadership and top-down organizations, we become ready to use leadership gifts in a way that serves and empowers the body of Christ to reach her full potential. Positions are not needed for this. Titles that lift one above another are not necessary. Leaders…

We like to say it this way. Rather than: 1. A service or event I attend2. A denomination or organization I become a member of3. A program I fit into and help build Simple church, real church, is: 1. A way of life (extravagant lovers of God engaging the world 24/7 with love, power, and word)2. A…

(This is a re-print of an article I wrote ten years ago entitled "Honest Look at Jesus.") This is a blog about "church," so-to-speak, but maybe we miss the mark a bit if we don't keep putting the focus back on the One who precedes the church and everything else.  The church is, no doubt,…

A disciple making movement coach recently gave me a list of “keys to sustaining movements.” I massaged that list to fit the African context where we work with leaders of such movements. Then I decided to massage the list again to fit those of you who are ‘organic catalyzers,’ i.e. catalyzers of organic/simple/missional churches and…

My friend likes to say, “Too many Christians have their suitcases packed just waiting to be picked up and taken out.” In other words, the ‘great event’ of life is a future escape from this world. But Jesus’ message is the opposite. The ‘great event’ is already under way. His Kingdom is—right now—invading earth. He…

From Simple/House Church Revolution book: Know Whom You Are Called To When someone enquired about visiting Mother Teresa to help with her work among the poor of India, she encouraged the person to find their own Calcutta. In other words, each of us must discover who it is that God has put on our heart…

Perhaps the most important paradigm shift for all of us is the simple awareness that God has brought us into a fulltime, 24/7 life with Him. This is the heart and soul of being His follower and being His church in the fullest sense of the word. This reminds me of John Michael Talbot's book…

Organic, as in ‘organic church’ means that there is something inherently alive about God’s church. And the genesis of that life is in the seed itself, the word of God. When we lose sight of the organic, living nature of the church we can also lose sight of the power of the seed. In our…

It is relatively easy to deconstruct from institutional church-going and thinking. Many of us would echo the sentiments expressed by some of the people quoted in this article: “I didn’t want to invite the people that I was first exploring a conversation of spirituality with to church anymore. I didn’t want them to see walking…

The following story is from Floyd McClung’s book, “Starting a House Church.”  It illustrates all of the basic principles of starting and multiplying simple churches: going, praying, reaching a person of peace, empowering that person to disciple others and to start simple/house churches… A U.S. businessman named William was making $350,000 a year but was…