There was good news about giving within simple/organic/ house churches in my last post. This came from Steve Lyzenga's doctoral thesis, which is now available on the House2Harvest website. (The House2Harvest website serves to network and assist simple churches and house churches to do strategic missions in order to finish the task of reaching all peoples… Read More
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Our friend, Steve Lyzenga of http://www.House2Harvest.com did his doctoral dissertation on releasing resources (both financial and personnel) towards completing the Great Commission. He compared how resources are used within a traditional church set up and house/simple/organic churches. I had the honor of being on his doctoral board, and so was closely involved in the whole… Read More
Creative Commons: Unicef What does it look like to be a good neighbor? Some of the last posts have been on the topic of a simple/organic/house church response to disaster. Are we ready? The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 speaks into what disaster relief might look like. Jesus was asked the question, "Who… Read More
For many of us involved in simple/organic/house churches, an annual highlight is the National House Church Conference, which takes place this year in Jacksonville, Florida over Labor Day weekend. The title of the conference is "Momentum." I'm especially excited this year because some of my favorite people are going to be speaking. Neil Cole… Read More
The topic of the church's readiness to deal with disaster, harvest, and hostility is an important matter that was recently blogged about. Indeed, are we ready? And are we ready in the "right" things? It is one thing to be ready personally on spiritual and practical levels, but it is quite another to be ready… Read More
After Hurricane Katrina (and those that followed close on its heels), more than 40,000 refugees arrived in the city of Austin. We, the church, was not ready. Many pastors were turned away from the refugee centers because they were not equipped or authorized to deal with the situation. (Plus there was some very negative feedback… Read More
I've just completed a 40+ page multimedia ebook on the subject of listening to God. (By multimedia, I mean it has videos and other links that are part of the book.) I'd love to have feedback from a few people so that I can make any relevant changes before I "go live" with this. My… Read More
Yesterday I did a radio interview about the release of our new book, Small is Big! Unleashing the big impact of intentionally small churches. (It's a paperback version of The Rabbit and the Elephant with new and updated material.) The interviewer asked a question we find frequently comes up with people new to the concept. "What about… Read More
Tyndale House Publishers is releasing Small is Big!: Unleashing the big impact of intentionally small churches today. This is essentially an updated, paperback version of our book The Rabbit and the Elephant, but contains two totally new chapters on what is happening with mega- and legacy churches too. Many of these larger churches are working with… Read More
Tyndale House Publishers is releasing Small is Big!: Unleashing the big impact of intentionally small churches today. This is essentially an updated, paperback version of our book The Rabbit and the Elephant, but contains two totally new chapters on what is happening with mega- and legacy churches too. Many of these larger churches are working with… Read More