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I just spent the weekend hanging out with some LK10.com folks talking about the importance of unwrapping one's design and passions.  I think this is highly relevant to stepping out of clone-like religiosity into the freedom of every member of Christ's Body expressing His presence uniquely and powerfully. I remember that Steve Taylor song from…

(From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book.  The entire book can still be downloaded here.) REACH * DISCIPLE * GATHER * EMPOWER * MULTIPLY The real power of organic systems verses organizational ones is the potential for multiplication. This principle is seen throughout nature: one seed produces a crop of plants that produce fruit, multiplying into…

(From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book.  The entire book can still be downloaded here.) “A man touched by the Spirit of God suddenly says—‘Now I see Who Jesus is,’ and that is the source of devotion.” Oswald Chamber Having discussed the core principles of walking out our life and ministry with Jesus, we want to…

From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book.  The entire book can still be downloaded here. REACH  DISCIPLE  GATHER  EMPOWER  MULTIPLY One pastor described his first experience of gathering in a simple, house church setting: As of midnight Saturday night… I AM FREE! No more institutional church. I am no longer on staff…

From "The Simple/House Church Revolution" Book.  The entire book can still be downloaded here. REACH  DISCIPLE  GATHER  EMPOWER  MULTIPLY We have discovered how easy it can be for every believer to be involved in the process of reaching, discipling, and gathering.  These are not roles given to certain special ministers, but…

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…

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”…

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…

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…

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”…