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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…

It has been gratifying to see the overwhelming response for downloads of the "Simple/House Church Revolution" book just from posting it on this blog. As promised, I will continue to publish it, chpater by chapter, on this blog and it is still available in its entirety here. You can also visit this same website if you wish…

Here is a great tongue-in-cheek piece on how to neutralize Al-Qaeda from Brant at Letters From Kamp Krusty: Al-Qaeda is almost impossible to stop.  This is, in large part, due to the way its message works, and the way the work gets carried out… So, in the service of national defense, I propose the following,…

I will be publishing, on this blog, each chapter of the “Simple/House Church Revolution” book over the next several weeks. In addition, the book can be downloaded in its entirety here: http://www.simplechurchrevolution.com/index.html. Print copies are also available, at the above-mentioned website for a small donation.  This is a not-for-profit venture, so please respect the request…

(This is the introduction to the book "Simple/House Church Revolution."  See www.simplechurchrevolution.com for more information. Introduction: My Story “Roger, you can’t go on. You must unplug from ministry and church for an extended period of time. You have no choice!” I had never been so shocked or devastated as when I heard these words from…

(I have been rather neglectful of this blog recently because of time spent writing a book.  It's not that I think another book is necessarily needed on simple/house churches.  Rather, we have found that when we travel overseas we often want to leave material behind.  By writing our own material we can print and distribute…

When we baptize new believers we have taken Neil Cole’s advice which is, “baptize people as soon as possible and as publicly as possible.”  In short, we throw a party.  Not for the already-churched, but for the families and friends of the person being baptized.  In fact, when we have baptized people recently we have…

My wife and I have not missed a House2House conference since the first one we attended five years ago.  We have always found the camaraderie, sharing of stories, and encouragement to be invaluable. I, honestly, do not know how we would have weathered our transition from traditional-type church to a more organic one without the…

One of the unintended consequences of conventional churches and their focus to grow is the subtle, and sometimes not-so-subtle, message that unreached people are targets that need to be “reached” and “brought in.” I heard the atheist, Matt Caspar (Jim and Caspar Go to Church), speak at a conference and describe how he asked his new…

The following is from Kent Smith (emailed to me some time back by Mike Steele) on "A Lifestyle of Spirit-Led Leadership."  Kent is a missions professor at Abilene Christian University and has been involved in training leaders of simple churches: The great soccer player Pele was quoted saying, "I have just three moves . .…