Home church people gathered over the weekend to share and learn more about being church as micro rather than macro. Stuart Gramenz and the church that meets with him, arranged the gathering in beautiful surroundings at Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. We listened as long time practitioners shared stories of their journey. There […]
We’ve just posted the final (detailed!) version of the SURRENDER:08 program so follow the link below to check it out.
Apologies if you have had difficulties registering online - we’ve ironed out the glitches and its all systems go for online registrations again!
There are still places to join our hard core SURRENDERites who are participating in […]
From www.coloradohousechurch.com
From God is calling the common man/woman off the bench to plant simple church expressions. They are emerging from all walks of live. I am a real estate appraiser and Suzy is a home maker (a waitress when I first met her). As I am typing this post in my office, Suzy is gathering […]
Date Claimer for upcoming one day conference
One day Forge/Churches of Christ conference.
When we hear speech like:
“Church Planting” & “Planting a Missional Community”, for many the follow on unspoken thoughts are “lots of money, sacrifice, specialists, high-powered leadership, buildings…etc”
But…..
A great book for those who are not coping with traditional ways of church -http://jakecolsen.com/contents.html OIKOS has several copies $15. Contact us!
An excellent article on Body Life http://www.lifestream.org/LSBL.May01.html
There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub: Birth of a Mongolian Church Planting Movement
By Brian Hogan
“There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub” is the gripping story of the Hogan family’s life on the mission field in Mongolia. It is a book that will not fail to stir the emotions. Throughout the account, Brian’s passion to see the […]
h2hconfflyer.pdf Click here for the details - August 2008.
From Simple Church Journal
When we baptize new believers we have taken Neil Cole’s advice which is, “baptize people as soon as possible and as publicly as possible.” In short, we throw a party. Not for the already-churched, but for the families and friends of the person being baptized. In fact, when we have baptized people […]
Published from Women2Women (www.house2house.tv)
This article, by Frank Viola, is the transcript of a spoken message the author delivered to a newly planted church in Santiago, Chile on December 31, 2001. Note: The Chilean culture tends to have a very low view of women.
Go to http://www.wsaresourcesite.org/Files/CPMs/CLS-CPM%20mss.doc for a good article on church planting.