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There have been a lot of comments on previous posts regarding leadership, so I thought I would initiate a couple of new posts on the subject.  I did a workshop at the Denver house church conference called "Re-Thinking Leadership: From Leading an Organization to Serving a Movement."  I suppose, since I facilitated this workshop, that…

I have not heard Frank Viola before so I was intrigued to attend one of his workshops at the Denver House Church Conference.  He has an intense personality (not unlike his books) and certainly brings to the table many, many years of simple church / house church experience. He used this workshop to answer questions…

I am at the Denver House Church Conference and just heard Barna share some of his latest statistics on "alternative models of faith communities" in the U.S.  Some of you will appreciate this since several of you wondered out loud (i.e. in comments) at the large number of people he stated were attending house churches.…

I attended a wedding last weekend. It was a typical, in-a-church, down-the-aisle, light-the-candles, kiss-the-bride, very-nice wedding. But for me it was much more than that. I was stepping back into a church culture that I had been part of for many years. I’m not talking about one specific church. In fact, there were people from…

We are only weeks away from two House Church Conferences sponsored by house2house–one in Saint Louis (Aug 25-27) and the other in Denver (Sept 1-4).  I am very, very encouraged by the number of workshops that are being offered this year–which should make these conferences even more stimulating than ever. You can find general conference…

Jim Rutz has used George Barna’s research to paint an interesting picture on house church involvement in the United States: But this week, even I was shocked to discover how big our house church community in North America really is. Briefly stated, we’re right about halfway between the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention…

Sometimes it is good to reflect on the stories that come out of "house/simple church." Most stories that we relish are not about something earthshaking taking place, but rather they are about simple events that reflect the culture and lifestyle that has become so special to us… Led by an Eight-Year-Old We recently had a…

Dick Scoggins, a veteran house church planter, has written an excellent article in the recent Frontiers Missions magazine: "Nurturing a New Generation of ‘Pauline’ and ‘Petrine’ Apostles." Whew… hefty title… but some very good meat. First off… Scoggins clarifies what he means by "apostle." He does NOT mean "someone who gives oversight to large churches…

We asked Neil Cole to spend an hour with a group of "church planters" on a phone conference… just to pick his brain a bit. He gave us quite an earful on living the missional lifestyle. His biggest challenge was that Christians tend to have few, if any, deep, personal relationships with nonChristians. I suppose…

Our local paper ran a Washington Post article entitled: "Going to church by staying home."  Here is a brief excerpt: A growing number of Christians across Washington and around the country are moving to home churches — both as a way to create personal connections in the age of the megachurch and as a return…