Fourth 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 […]
Sent 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 […]
Paul is Chaplain General of ‘Jesus Generation’ and a lecturer in Hermeneutics and Church History at Unity College, A.C.T.
The Disgraced Anglican Who Dared to Gather Christians in private!
For seventeen years the whole goal of my ministry was to get as many strangers as possible into a weekly public service. Now I am in a church […]
This is the second in a series by Paul Wallis who is a lecturer at Unity College, A.C.T. - Hermeneutics and Church History. He is Chaplain General of Jesus Generation which meets as a network of home churches.
Last year it seemed a good time had come for the little network of household-based churches that I […]
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 […]
Mr John McKinnon is the NSW State Co-ordinator for Tear Australia. This article first appeared in TEAR’s Target magazine, August 2007
Was it Al Gore’s film? Was it the drought? Whatever the catalyst, climate change is now headline news every day. Is it just a distraction from our true mission, or is it an integral part of […]
This may be of interest—from the Thurs night ekklesia at St Johns Wood.
Re Michael’s question last night (Thurs) about the nature of Christ—was He fully human—like us?
As we said it is a mystery. Mystery does not stop us from asking questions—should not stop us thinking and honouring God with our minds. And Carol’s point re […]
Peter Kentley of Australian Marketplace Connections Inc. http://www.marketplaceconnections.com/ writes -
Are you fearful about openly being a Christian in the marketplace? Relax, fear is not from the Lord and the Bible has a soft entry point just for you. Firstly be encouraged by the following scripture:
There is no fear in love. Perfect love puts fear out […]
Our computer whiz, Nathan, has put the book mentioned below ‘Body Politics’ by John Yoder and simplified by Perth Anabaptist Fellowship members with Nathan Hobby, on the members’ section of the web site under ‘articles’. Download and read, and then study it chapter by chapter with your home church.
Many home churches ‘reinvent the wheel’ simply transferring traditional ways of church into another venue. They still hold ‘a service’ on Sunday, tithe, etc. etc. What God is doing in reforming His church as relational and small gatherings, is that we might live church life in a similar way to that which the earliest Christians […]