This article is a short account of the history and current practice of those home churches in the region of the Australian Capital Territory which are independent of a denomination and which together have created a network or “cluster” of home churches. While each church in the cluster is completely autonomous, together the churches plan … Read more
I suppose my testimony must be a very rare one. Perhaps it is because I was trained as an engineer long before I became a disciple of Jesus Christ. But I was never satisfied with the simple truth of the gospel: “Jesus died for my sins.” It was not a matter of whether I believed that simple … Read more
It is the nature of any Christian–especially a house church Christian–to reach for the New Testament when faced with such a question. It is quickly evident that there is no text that speaks directly to the issue, but there are nevertheless ways that we can use to determine the first century practice. All one needs … Read more
We have often debated this topic. Here are links to those discussion so you can review them. We prefer these type of debates to be in our House Church Topics group https://www.facebook.com/groups/hcdebateroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/136853737786/permalink/10162346777997787/https://www.facebook.com/groups/136853737786/permalink/10160977233012787/https://www.facebook.com/groups/136853737786/permalink/10160963208577787/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/housechurchresources/permalink/2082988165516730/
Andy Hogue B Arnold Stein Do you want to join the team? Contact Us We can use: Editors for: Discussion Topics Summation1 Cor 2:16 “We have the mind of Christ”Collectively, we together have precious insights and wisdom that is in the comments and posts in this discussion group. However these threads eventually get lost in … Read more
Other Sites Related to Home Church I happen to detest web pages that are nothing but links to other web pages. They make it look like the site is freeloading off of other people’s hard work creating useful information. If everyone just pointed to other people’s sites, the World-Wide Web would be an empty web … Read more
Bet-Midrash North Phoenix House Church Notes From the Bridge
this thread begins by discussing preaching but moves on to address the gifts as a whole putting both preaching and the rest of the gifts into a balanced perspective. Dan Mayhew <summit@worldaccessnet.com> In his introduction, Gordon Forrester wrote: > We have been to a couple of > meetings > but are aware that it is … Read more
EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH ======================== From: AB Subject: Why not the Yellow Pages? HCDLers: For years, we have been saying things like: “How can we get networked, how can people find us, when we don’t have a building on the corner and we’re not in the Yellow Pages?” I had a “Jack-Sims-esque” thought the other day … Read more
by David M. Hebden 1997 The reasons that people “home church” are as diverse as the people who make up the gatherings. This is not an exhaustive explanation and will no doubt evolve as time goes on. These thoughts originated from responses to this question on HCDL. Some of us simply came to the conclusion … Read more
