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One of the side benefits of taking up blogging has been the unexpected joy of making new friends. After posting the last entry about Jim Petersen’s book, The Insider, I received this email from a reader in Colorado: Hey Roger, If you don’t have a copy of Jim’s book, I’d be happy to mail one…

I like the “Vision” concepts shared by Justin Baeder at Radical Congruency. Take a look…

Over lunch, at the recent House Church Conference, I found myself asking a couple of “more experienced” brothers if they could look at where we were at as a house church network, point out areas to work on, and make any suggestions. They were, kindly, very affirming at the progress we had made. Sometimes it…

If you are not familiar with the website, magazine, and conferences that are all part of House2House ministries then be sure to look over all that they offer. Tony & Felicity Dale, the founders of House 2 House, have been involved in house churches since the 1970s in England. Many years ago, finding themselves relocated…

Robert Fitts shared on his house church adventures having become interested in 1990. At that time he knew of no one involved in this other than in China. Nevertheless, he saw the potential and began planting. After some time he felt that house churches would be stronger if they also developed a training component. He…

Mike Steel, of DAWN, shared his model for simple church gatherings. He uses the acronym BELLS to describe the components, not the “order”, of his gathering of believers: B is for Blessing one another, both formally and informally through times of interaction and fellowship. E is for Eating, a key component for people sharing their…

Thought I would begin downloading some of the good material presented at the regional western house church conference. Paul Kaak gave an excellent presentation that focused on one key reality: we are not called to plant churches, we are called to plant the Kingdom of God. Churches are natural expressions that take place if the…

Will be spending today and tomorrow at the House 2 House regional conference. Looking forward! Will fill you in when I return.

Spent the evening with a friend who was involved in a tragic car accident. He escaped with little injury but one of the occupants of the other vehicle was killed. What’s worse, my friend may have been responsible for the accident. It was, in fact, an accident but a mistake may have been made. A…

I couldn’t resist passing on this Easter greeting (a little late) that I found posted over at Kingfisher Cove.