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 […]
A healthy house church can’t help but reach out to others…the book ‘Questioning Evangelism’by Randy Newman can help even with the shyest to naturally reach out to others…God speed in reaching out…Keith “
imla-and-the-musch-family-prayer-letter-may-2008.doc Click here to read of plantings of church amongst our indigenous people in North Australia. Please encourage them in any way possible and especially with your prayers.
Bob Mumford once said “I don’t care how high you jump just as long as when you land you walk straight”.
If our foundations are uncertain, we can be swept along by ‘every wind of doctrine’ (James 1:6) and be like the seed Jesus described that fell on shallow soil and therefore withered (Mark 4:1-20). In […]
Tom Sine spoke on the morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM along with Jarrod McKenna from Peace Tree Community. While Tom’s book talks about the many ways that people are re-imagining church, Jarrod is part of a community that is living out faith in simple ways in the Perth suburb of Lockridge.’
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From the Anabaptist Association’s weekly mail out - www.anabaptist.asn.au
One of the earliest of the Anabaptists, a Swiss Brethren named Conrad Grebel, defined the church to be “the few who believed and lived right.” Do you see the house church in that definition? Grebel would have been completely happy to see the great masses of unregenerate […]
Found in ‘Simple Church Journal’ Roger Thoman.
J.D. Payne has done a study of house churches, specifically those that he calls “missional house churches.” Many interesting tidbits are found in this study. For example…
Payne identifies four types of people who are typically involved in house churches. I think looking at these categories of people can be […]
From Keith Ward who is in a home church in Narooma N.S.W.
Do people know of the 2 mainstream movies that can create good discussion and enjoyable change at a house church gathering….Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty?
“Our home church is going through a difficult stage - different views on theological issues are causing discomfort!” So I was told during the week, and in fact I am often told about this ‘problem’.
1. Of course members of any group will hold different views on all sorts of things. Why should a home church be any […]
This last weekend Paul sustained a serious heart attack and was operated on at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. This surgery was successful but he has to have further surgery on Wednesday.
In much appreciation for your prayers,
BuntyTo read their March newsletter, click here…..paul-bunty-collins-march-news.pdf
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