I used to promote church planting
As a church planter, I used to promote church planting as the solution to the growth! My emphasis has changed to focus on making...
Legal and Practical Matters Affecting Home Church
We believe that biblical ‘oikos' gatherings of Christians are safe and biblically legitimate in the 21st century just as they were in the...
Some real felt needs within simple church/ missional faith communities.
Having visited many missional groups and simple church leaders within Australia I am hearing some needs that seem to be widespread young...
Starting a Simple Church/Missional Community
So you are excited about being part of a simple church or missional community. The name missional community highlights the purpose of...
The Sower and the Soils
We saw that only one of the four soil types was described as “good soil”. A good farmer would surely be aware that the three inferior...
Are You a Servant to the Servants of God?
You may be interested to know that we have launched an initiative in our city called “City Church” (as a principle, NOT a name.) We aim...
Gospel Sharing in the Life of a Believer
While disciple making (and MOVE training) is more holistic than just gospel sharing, it is often the starting point for a person becoming...
Wounded Healers
For 30 years I have felt compelled to heal the sick. I’ve no idea how many people I’ve prayed for or how many people I’ve trained to do...
Why, Oh Why Didn't I Take the Blue Pill?
O.K., the reference is to the first Matrix movie. And I need to "set up" two scenes. In the first scene Neo (the Christ figure in the...
Directions
Many of us are involved in missional faith communities, simple churches, house churches, kingdom ministry or whatever term we use to...