Church planting article…
Posted by Bessie on June 12th, 2008Go to http://www.wsaresourcesite.org/Files/CPMs/CLS-CPM%20mss.doc for a good article on church planting.
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“Who went about doing good”
Posted by Bessie on April 29th, 2008From John Fenn……www.ifaithhome.org
I’ve been thinking for some time on why Acts 10:38 says of Jesus: “Who went about doing good”, before it says “and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, (for God was with him).”
When WE think of the life of Jesus we first call to remembrance his healings & miracles. But when […]
From Roger Thoman (simplechurch journal)
Posted by Bessie on March 20th, 2008Re-Thinking House Church
The process of thinking about, practicing, re-thinking, re-imagining, and re-experimenting is exactly where the church needs to be today as it struggles to shed some irrelevant outer garments and seeks to uncover the shape it is morphing into.
I have seen the benefits of moving away from more traditional structures and into church forms […]
Some timely wisdom….
Posted by Bessie on February 29th, 2008FROM TWO YOKE-FELLOWS IN THE GOSPEL
(from Paul Wallis, OIKOS A.C.T.)
Let me offer you some words of wisdom abstracted from the writings a yoke-fellow in the Gospel. As a chaplain to various group houses and household-based churches, I find these words very relevant. I have changed some vocabulary here and there to avoid confusion. The writer […]
Being ‘Nothing’ People
Posted by Bessie on February 6th, 2008‘Jesus’ radical challenge to us to repent’
To read this article by Bob Collie, an OIKOS reader, click here Being Nothing People.pdf
A Discredited Presbyterian Missionary and his faith in the few
Posted by Bessie on December 11th, 2007The seventh in the series by Paul Wallis, Chaplain General of Jesus Generation, and lecturer in Church History and Hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
As a young Christian worker I found myself actively involved in the Student Community up and down the country. It was an interesting time. Old denominational delineations were rapidly losing their hold […]
The Inspiration of a Subversive called Crosbie
Posted by Bessie on November 19th, 2007The sixth in the series by Paul Wallis, Chaplain General of Jesus Generation, and lecturer in Church History and Hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
Some years ago I was offered a very nice job. It hasn’t happened to me often so I remember it quite distinctly. There were particular elements of the job package that made […]
The Life-Changing Call of an Evangelist called Gerry
Posted by Bessie on November 13th, 2007This is the fifth in the series of articles about saints through the ages written by Paul Wallis. Paul is Chaplain General of Jesus Generation (home churches) and lectures in Church History and Hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
With his dying breaths Gerry heard his executioner read out a religious statement condemning him to hell. In his […]
The great zeal and bad deal of a radical Spanish soldier
Posted by Bessie on October 22nd, 2007Fourth in the series by Paul Wallis….Chaplain General of Jesus Generation (home churches). He lectures in church history and hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
Just recently my small cluster of churches revised the little constitution that links us together. One of the things we needed to revisit was the issue of how the groups would relate […]
Mag Pasalamat - Reflections on the Philippines Sept 07
Posted by Bessie on October 12th, 2007Sent to us by Ian Thomson - a home church in Brisbane. This is the experience of a friend of his -
It was a warm September evening a few years ago as I sat soaking in my long deep cast iron bath at 276 Waterworks Road. The house was still and only the white noise […]