• Why was this site started?

    slide06.jpgLet us begin with a very important fact. The goal of the site is not to criticize traditional or institutional churches. Yes, some of the articles make comparisons and some of the writers do strongly question traditional practices. However, those of us...

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    bestartikle.jWe have over one hundred articles available on our site, so if you are a new visitor, you may be overwhelmed. Where should you start? Here you will find some of our best articles ...
  • What is 'simple church'?

    slide02.jpgSome call them house churches. Some call them organic churches. Some call them simple churches. We prefer to just call them churches. They are rapidly multiplying, simple communities of believers, meeting in homes, offices, campuses, wherever God is...

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    slide05.jpgYou are church before you do church. This is one of the fueling insights of the missional church movement. This isn't a new idea...but it is pretty provocative, especially when one considers its implications. If we take Jesus at his word when he say...

  • What is an Organic Church?

    slide04.jpg Organic Church. I've been using this term for around fifteen years now. Today it's become somewhat of a clay word, being molded and shaped to mean a variety of different things by a variety of different people.

    T. Austi...

The second Reformation
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

luther.jpgWhen we speak of the Reformation we all think of Martin Luther, of justification by faith and
of the beginning of the Protestant Church.  What do we mean by “The Second Reformation”?  Luther
began a reformation of belief but not necessarily of structure, ie, of how we do church once we believe.
How we express church ultimately shows what we really believe!

What is religion?
  • Special people, at a special time, in a special place doing special things for me while I watch.
 
A Mega-Church Fish in a House Church Ocean
Thursday, 06 November 2008
mega-church-fish.jpgI am used to being different from people whom I  connect with. In college I was the lone protestant getting a degree in Theology from a Roman Catholic/Charismatic university. I was one of two non-episcopalians getting a Masters degree from an Episcopal seminary. So being possibly the only mega-church staff member at a national conference for  house churches does not freak me out in the least. I am comfortable enough in my own skin and calling to know that God uses the differences to make a more perfect whole. That is evident at this conference in ways I never expected.
 
A Learning Journey in Slavic Church Planting
Monday, 03 November 2008

winding-road.jpgPreface

Before you read these thoughts, there is one central thought which rises above all other thoughts:

 THE CHURCH IS TO BE THE EARTHLY IMAGE OF THE TRIUNE GOD.
 
In the triune God, there is seen divine life, divine fellowship, and divine purpose.  There is a fellowship of mutual love, mutual dependence, mutual honor, mutual submission, mutual dwelling, and mutual purpose. 
 
Who has the Authority to Baptize?
Tuesday, 28 October 2008

crechenie-m.jpgNote: This article is written by Guy Muse, a Southern Baptist Missionary serving in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador.

One of the issues continuing to resurface again and again in Baptist circles is the variance in interpretation of the baptism portion given in the Great Commission. Does baptismal authority rest with individual believers or with a local church congregation?

What was Jesus intent when he gave the Great Commission?

 
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