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Some 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...
You 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...
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.
When we speak of the Reformation we all think of Martin Luther, of justification by faith and
I 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.
Preface
Note: This article is written by Guy Muse, a Southern Baptist Missionary serving in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador.
