One evening this week almost 40 people gathered in a Melbourne suburban home for coffee – and a chat with Sally and Floyd McClung. One participant said, “It was a powerful gathering!” – and I think I understood what was meant! It wasn’t primarily a reference to Sally or Floyd’s teaching – although their story […]
neil-gamble-visits-perth.doc Click here to read Peter Fowler’s review.
From Roger Thoman (simplechurch journal) See link to the right.
(Following are my notes on Deb Hirsch’s talk at the CMA Organic Movements Conference earlier this month. This is the abbreviated version. You can download my longer notes here: 7_obstacles_to_engaging_in_mission_deb_hirsch.doc )
The fall away rate for people who continue to be really involved in mission is very high. […]
Taking the church in a new direction
‘Sydney Shift’ is the name that was given to a meeting of some 50 people who met on Saturday 21 July in Turramurra in Sydney who were shifting or had shifted into simple/home/marketplace/open/coffee house small churches in recent times. I knew nothing about them, but thought I’d tag along […]
Scroll down to the June 11th report re the seminar held in Nowra earlier this month. I have now added some photos. You can click and open the pdf file.
We had 25 people from country NSW come together for the seminar at Nowra over the weekend. Des Stewart (OIKOS Team) gave an excellent presentation ‘The Mindset of the Earliest Christians’ - biblical basis of home church. We watched a DVD ‘When You Come Together’ (House2House), and the afternoon was spent dealing with questions and […]
The mini OIKOS put out as a special report on the visit of Tony & Felicity Dale is to be found on our web page (click at the top of this Blog), and go to Resources and then House2House. You will find an outline of the Luke 10:2b prayer virus and how to ‘catch’ it, […]
Our gatherings with Peter Roennfeldt were wonderful. In Launceston I counted around 45 people participating–they sort of came out of nowhere! I got to meet quite a few people who are interested in nurturing the kingdom in small groups and homes, and I think they were pleasantly encouraged by Peter’s presentation. Our meeting in Hobart […]