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Our next online course is now available for registration.  We limit the course to 15 participants on a first come, first served basis. The goal of this course is for participants to discover more fully God's story and the nature of His church in a way that fully celebrates the freedom of the Gospel and…

One of the most significant events that my wife and I attended while transitioning into simple/house church was the house church conference sponsored by House2House in 2003.  Since then, this annual conference has continued to provide cutting edge content and fellowship. This year, the theme is: The Necessity of Transformational Leadership.  As Tony Dale writes:…

Since simple church is incarnational in nature (taking the Gospel of the Kingdom to the world rather than inviting the world to come join our Christian activities) and since people in need are often the ones most receptive to the Gospel, we should not be surprised when we find ourselves, at times, serving people in…

Tony and Felicity Dale have been used wonderfully for many years as a catalyst in the simple/house church movement.  Felicity provides us with background on her newly re-published book, "An Army of Ordinary People," in the following interview: Question:  What is the main message that An Army of Ordinary People seeks to communicate? Felicity:  All…

A couple of us have been developing a new blog on World Missions and Simple Church.  The purpose?  To increase the awareness and understanding of world missions among simple/house church folk. The need?  More contributors. First, let me explain why I think this type of resource is valuable. Consider what God might be doing through…

In my series on the stages of the Simple Church Journey, it’s time to mention stage 3: renewing our life in Jesus or, as I have entitled this post, “re-booting to Jesus.” Somewhere in the process of moving from one church paradigm to another, we find ourselves aware that this is not at all about…

I am (slowly) making my way through seven stages that people seem to move through in their journey into simple/organic church.  I started this series here where I listed the stages as follows: Letting go of old paradigms of church life. Exploring New Testament gatherings. Re-boot to Jesus. A new missional heart and longing. Fresh…

At the heart of simple/organic church life is the lifestyle of discipleship (following Jesus) and discipling others. The difficulty is that we often make discipleship far too difficult.  When we see discipleship as primarily about imparting knowledge from one to another, then we need an expert (knowledgeable) who also excels at communicating knowledge to another…

Could a small (but growing) movement of simple/organic church-lifers lead to a revolutionary impact upon world missions?  There is something deep inside of me that says the answer to this question could be a resounding “YES.” The promise is still in place: that all the people on earth will be blessed… through us.  (Gen. 12:3). …

I haven’t written much about the Simple Church Online Course that I offer because it tends to fill up as soon as I make it available (it’s limited to 15 participants at a time). However, there are a couple of spaces available for the next offering (starts in March) so I thought I would describe…