"...they gathered the church together
and reported all that God had done through them
and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles." - ACTS 14:27

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House Church is not the Answer

Posted by sambahanan on April 7, 2013 at 6:00 AM

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You probably already know that I walked away from pastoral ministry at a traditional church about six years ago to start a church that meets in homes around Orange County, California where 100 percent of the offerings go to support the poor in our community. You probably also know that I’ve written a book called “This Is My Body:Ekklessia as God Intended” a few years ago about how God’s design for His Church has always been about people as living stones where everyone ...

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An Easter Message by Mark Edralin

Posted by sambahanan on April 1, 2013 at 12:55 AM

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If there's a central issue contested between an Atheist and a Christian, I believe it's the "Resurrection".

For a Christian like me, the resurrection of this Person who claimed to be the Messiah and the Son of the Living God was the most miraculous event ever happened in the face of the earth.

This resurrection paid all of my sins.

Without this resurrection our faith will be worthless, futile and vain, and we are still on our sins.

Without this resurrection we would e...

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HUFFINGTON POST: 'Simple Churches' Find A Foothold Across The U.S.

Posted by sambahanan on March 14, 2013 at 2:45 AM

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This weekend, Jeanne O'Hair, her friends and family will raise their voices in Easter hymns "as the spirit leads us," she says, in her "house church" -- O'Hair's living room in Brea, Calif.

10 MEGASHIFTS IN MAKING DISCIPLES

Posted by sambahanan on March 12, 2013 at 1:05 AM

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Molong Nacua is a house church planter in the Philippines. He travels extensively training Christians in saturation house church planting as a strategy to reach his nation for Christ. He has ministered in the context of both traditional churches and the house church movement for many years.

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STARTING AND LEADING A SMALL GROUP

Posted by sambahanan on March 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM

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A friend once asked me how to start a “small group” and if I had any suggestions. I responded by saying that it depended on what they wanted to accomplish. The following are a few key issues to consider, whether the small group is affiliated with a traditional church structure or whether it is an autonomous house church linked with a relational network of house churches.

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TIME MAGAZINE: Why Home Churches are Filling Up?

Posted by sambahanan on March 7, 2013 at 2:00 AM

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On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith.