Over the last weekend, Bruce and Rose Kerr (OIKOS Queensland), and I, with my grandson Jackson aged 10, drove from Nambour to Pittsworth where we met Pat Forrest (Faye was still at work), who led us out to Millmeran where we had a gathering and would spend the night. Faye joined us at Wal and […]
Bruce & Rose Kerr (OIKOS Queensland) and I, are visiting a home church group at Pittsworth this evening. Tomorrow we wil be visiting Warwick, and on Sunday sharing with a group at Kingaroy. Please pray for these home churches and for us that we might be a blessing and encouragment to them as I know […]
Hi Bessie…
Just wanted to let you know about our home group.
We have a home group that meets at our place in Kalorama. (vic)
Around 10 or so of us have been meeting for nearly a year now.
We meet at 4 pm on a Saturday afternoon and originally intended that we would go to around 6pm.
Can’t remember […]
Central Coast Seminar September 2007.pdf Click here for some news and photographs of the recent Central Coast seminar organised by Fred Ulbricht. Des and Meredith Stewart (OIKOS Country NSW) and Bill and Jean Castledine who meet with them as part of Quirindi Christian Fellowship (home church), Joan Grinlaw (OIKOS Team secretary) and I joined with the […]
Down through the history of the church, there have been radical movements that sought to be church in ways that took the Sermon on the Mount seriously and that had discipleship to Jesus and one another at the centre of their life and witness to the world. Paul Wallis is a lecturer of Hermeneutics and Church […]
From the Anabaptist mailing www.anabaptist.asn.au
In the year since the Amish school shootings, the girls’ families have struggled with grief, anger and fear to reach ‘a new normal.’ Here, they describe that challenging journey…Families who lost daughters in the shootings say they did not know how to navigate grief until they took the journey, step by […]
We had a good day with mostly Philipino folk who were enthusiastic about the new ways God is building His church, and even more enthusiastic about Jesus Himself. They were a joy to share with. Ed Bishop, OIKOS Team, joined me in sharing the biblical basis of home church, the paradigm shift from traditional to […]
Bruce and Rose Kerr, OIKOS Queensland, and I are travelling from Brisbane to Dalby, Kingaroy, out to Winton and Cloncurry and back through Emerald to Rockhampton and Yeppoon and back down to Brisbane. If you know of any groups or people keen to be encouraged in the direction of missional/home church, then please let us know […]
Here are just a few of the reasons: from House Church Central web site (see link to the right)
Historical. The house church is the biblical church. All of the churches in the New Testament era were small assemblies that met in homes. While setting up institutional forms of “church” may or may not provide a […]
Questions to discern if someone is building their own kingdom, or Christ’s. Originally posted on House Church Discussion List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hcdl 3/9/2002 “Since I shared a few my thoughts yesterday about those who can help equip the body, I thought I’d share with you some questions I ask to sort out whether someone is really passionate […]