Church @ Home - 2
Day 2 of the conference was as enlightening as day 1. We continued working through Luke 10, which served as our model for the weekend (and the movement). Tony and Felicity Dale really did a good job of having us lead ourselves and each other through the scripture, just as one would do in a house church setting. I’ll share a few more quotes here, and post a more digested reflection within a few days:
Stop obsessing over converting the individual, and focus on God opening the door to pockets of darkness.
Things that can “kill” a house church movement:
- Lack of a missional DNA (Devine truth, Nurturing relationships, Apostolic mission)
- Failure to recognize the”death valley” of transition that people must cross when moving from traditional church to house church
- Becoming of a “mini-church” - same thing in a smaller group.
Three basic principles:
- No empire-building
- No control (by man)
- No glory (but to God).
The weekend really gave me a lot to think about in a lot of respects - My personal “ministry”, the trajectory of my professional career, broadening of my “church implant” thoughts… I pray for clarity in thought as God shows us how this fits into His call for our family.
God is clearly doing something awesome in His church, in many ways including this.
PS: I am sitting in our Vox Cafe, House Blend Cafe, as I post this. There is a group of women who came in to meet over coffee. I watch them talk and laugh and connect and share and support each other. I have no idea what the subject of their meeting is, but church does not have to visibly look any different from what they are doing before me. More to come…
