http://www.oikos.org.au/blog Encouraging Home Churches Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:46:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OIKOS Australia is desperately in need of someone to manage our web site.  This is an Equal Opportunity organisation and everyone gets paid the same - nothing!!  The web site is basically set up but needs some attention from time to time.  I manage the Blog myself.  If you are ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/07/04/help-please/ Home church people gathered over the weekend to share and learn more about being church as micro rather than macro.  Stuart Gramenz and the church that meets with him, arranged the gathering in beautiful surroundings at Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.  We listened as long time practitioners shared ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/25/microchurch-summit-last-weekend/ We've just posted the final (detailed!) version of the SURRENDER:08 program so follow the link below to check it out. Apologies if you have had difficulties registering online - we've ironed out the glitches and its all systems go for online registrations again! There are still places to join our hard core ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/17/urban-neighbours-of-hope-2/ From www.coloradohousechurch.com From God is calling the common man/woman off the bench to plant simple church expressions. They are emerging from all walks of live. I am a real estate appraiser and Suzy is a home maker (a waitress when I first met her). As I am typing this post in ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/17/the-common-manwoman/ Andrew Strom from New Zealand - founder of RevivalSchool.com and the international REVIVAL List, and author of several books including "True & False Revival". Thursday 3rd July:  7.30pm, Strathpine Community Centre, Mecklem St, Strathpine, Brisbane. Friday 4th July:  7.30pm, Strathpine Community Centre, Mecklem St, Strathpine, Brisbane. Saturday 5th July:  7.30pm, Strathpine Community Centre, ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/16/andrew-strom-speaking-3rd-6th-july-brisbane/ Date Claimer for upcoming one day conference One day Forge/Churches of Christ conference. When we hear speech like: “Church Planting” & “Planting a Missional Community”, for many the follow on unspoken thoughts are “lots of money, sacrifice, specialists, high-powered leadership, buildings…etc” But..... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/16/forge-queensland-news/ 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 http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/15/so-you-dont-want-to-go-to-church-anymore-2/ 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, ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/15/church-planting-in-mongolia/ h2hconfflyer.pdf  Click here for the details - August 2008. http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/14/house-church-conference-dallas-us/ 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, ... http://www.oikos.org.au/blog/2008/06/14/beer-and-baptism/