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(If you are looking for House Church Basics, scroll down two posts). I feel like a fish out of water! When my traditional church world began to rock I became aware of many parts of that culture that were no longer working for me: the leadership set-up, the non-participatory performance-type services, the consumer mentality, etc.…

If we are going to transition from church-as-we-know-it (a box) to a dynamic Spirit-filled movement, we will also have to transition from leadership-as-we-know-it to something else. Alan Creech says the WHOLE thing has to be reinvented: I mean full-time, paid staff pastors who preach every Sunday and do pretty much all the ministry and stress…

(If you are looking for the “House Church Basics” series, please scroll down to the next post.) George, at WaterCarriers, is questioning whether even meetings themselves are necessary to the Christian life. He asks, “Is it possible to be a believer following Christ daily and not have a regularly scheduled gathering time?” Before you shower…

The house church is a wonderful expression of family, friendship, and community life. In my humble opinion, true community life, vulnerable relationships, and family-type support is not just a good thing but, rather, an essential for the Christian life. There are over 50 “one another” verses in the New Testament because we live, grow, minister,…

Keys to missional community: 1. Go get’em. 2. People of Peace. 3. Living Kingdom lives. One of the hallmarks of the house church movement is that it seeks to be what the church, in fact, is: missional. Jesus went everywhere proclaiming and demonstrating the reality, love, and power of the Kingdom (healing the brokenhearted, setting…

(If you are looking for House Church Basics Pt. 2: Participatory Church, scroll down to the next post). Good discussions over the weekend at both churches. We ended up talking quite a bit about what “Kingdom Living” means. Jesus lived for the Kingdom: healing, caring, giving, teaching, washing feet, living with upside-down values, and telling…

(If you are looking for the House Church Basics Pt. 1, scroll down to the next post.) Most of us will see The Passion movie over the next few days. I will be viewing it Friday night. I would love to have us weigh on this one question: Will this movie have an impact on…

If you are newer to blogging… I just want to point you to my Blogging: How To. RSS feeds are changing the way some, including myself, are surfing the web. Many sites, including blogs, are offering regularly updated material or current news through “feeds” that can be gathered and looked at in one place. This…

One of our energized discussions at church this weekend revolved around the concept of membership. We were aware that, even in a house church that does not have formal “membership,” it’s still possible to develop a subtle sense of “we” as opposed to “them.” We can find ourselves thinking that we are part of “this”…

Beginning February 24: 12 Interactive “Lessons” that will help us discuss many of the key components of house church: • What is church? • How participatory church funtions • How to be a missional church • The building blocks of community • What about leadership? • Worship and gatherings • More