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There are several key concepts that underlie what the house church movement is about.  Perhaps one of the most important is that God’s Kingdom is here, now, at work through every believer.  This Kingdom life-force is powerful and dynamic and is not restricted to a place, time, liturgy, or structure.  It is the life of…

Some notes from a John White email and the Friday Fax— Excellent Reading!!!! USA: 5,000 house churches planted so far "The number of house churches in the USA has probably doubled in the past 18 months, from 2,500 to 5,000," according to participants at a symposium organized by Church Multiplication Associates’ Neil Cole in Los…

Many say that Martin Luther reformed our theology without significantly reforming the Constantinian church structure.  Here is an interesting quote from Luther related by Roger Gehring in "House Church and Mission": As early as 1526 Martin Luthere stressed the importance of the house church in his paper Deutsche Messe and Ordnung des Gottesdiensts on the…

Fredrik joined us for the conference all the way from Sweden.  He shares his thoughts on Freddyblog… It’s worth the read. Otherwise, comments continue to grow on the previous post: House Church Conference Revisited.

I want to use this post to invite those who attended the conference to share some of the insight that was gleaned at our House Church Conference. Please DO comment and let’s collect, and share with others, whatever encouraged, blessed, motivated, and helped you… If possible, include your first name and city at the bottom…

John mentioned to me an article about a book by James Rutz called "Mega Shift."  Here are some excerpts: What is the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Most news reports suggest it is Islam. But a new book makes a compelling case it is a new, or, perhaps, old form of biblically inspired evangelical Christianity that…

I’m hanging out with Wolfgang Simson this week in Long Beach.  Actually, he’s sharing and I’m listening.  In case you’re not familiar with him, he wrote Houses That Change the World. He’s a very forthright speaking German.  He doesn’t mince words, and he has some very strong opinions about church structure.  These are not exact…

"Significant increase in out-of-church Christianity."  Barna This was sent to my by Andy Zoppelt, some of which was printed in Charisma: A nationwide survey conducted by the USA based Barna Research Group indicates that the number of unchurched adults in America continues to grow by nearly a million people annually. Interestingly, many of these unchurched…

Andrew wrote this as a comment to an earlier post.  I love comments that shake us up and keep forcing us to THINK and RE-THINK.  It is our western mindset that keeps wanting to take what God is doing and form a box around it.  The result is never life in the Spirit. Andrew’s comment:…

From an article by Don Nori that can be found in its entirety here: Church as we know it is over. He is about wrestle control of His own church from the carnal hands of insecure, angry, controlling and legalistic men and women, build His own church, just as He promised He would. Church as…