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 […]
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A Book Review
Dan Trotter
I will get very quickly to the point and urge you to obtain this book. It’s very good, for reasons which shall appear. It is edited (and mostly written) by Steve Atkerson of New Testament Reformation Fellowship. This well-crafted volume has evolved since the time many moons ago when it first appeared […]
James O’Halloran is a Salesian priest who has worked with small Chirstian communities for over 35 years as member, coordinator, and promoter. This mission he has carried out worldwide - with a predilection for Africa and Latin America - from the halls of academia to parishes and far-flung mission stations. For a list and description […]
“The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity” by William P. Young. Published by ‘Windblown Media’.
This book has become very popular amongst home churches. For this reason, I feel to put forth my responses after reading this book, for what they are worth, on this Blog.
My reaction is rather mixed. This is a fictitious story concerning a […]
If you are looking for material about Christ-centered church as the apostles originally designed it, this is the book to get! And it’s free for the asking!
Subjects covered include: apostolic traditions, participatory church meetings, full meal Lord’s suppers seen as rehearsal dinner for the wedding banquet of the Lamb, home based and living-room sized churches, […]
Please note the recent release of this book by Dr. J.D. Payne, available at the link below. J.D. is an assistant professor of evangelism and church planting at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He very much encourages the house church movement to be mission oriented in North America. My interactions with him have been fruitful.
Missional […]
Entopia Press Release - FINAL.pdf Click here for the press release about Rad Zdero’s latest book. OIKOS will be receiving a copy to review which will appear on this Blog.
From http://www.simplechurchjournal.com/
Perhaps the church is neither emerging nor re-structuring so much as re-claiming its true nature as an underground, insurgent movement. By that I mean that the truest work of the Holy Spirit always seems to be initiated among the least and the unseen bringing forth true kingdom life that is contrary and even subversive […]
Pagan Christianity? (Revised and Updated)
Exploring the Roots of our Church Practices.
Frank Viola and George Barna
(Publisher - Tyndale House)
Tyndale is known for publishing Christian books and has shown a daring initiative in publishing this book that questions traditional church practices. In the publisher’s preface we read ‘Tyndale does not necessarily agree with all of the author’s […]