The term, organic, means natural, nonchemical, living, and alive. When applied to church, it refers to something that grows naturally. Two people have popularized the name, organic church within the simple/organic/house church world. Neil Cole was the first one to do so with his superb book, Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens, which God has used to… Read More
Tag: Spirit-led
Many religious people live their lives by the Scriptures. So why is the fruit of their lives sometimes legalism and guilt rather than life? They feel like they continually fall short of God's standards for their lives. Jesus said to the religious people of his day, "You search the Scriptures because you think they give… Read More
The “listening group” attempts to meet together two to three times per year for two to three days at a time. The people involved have apostolic and/or prophetic gifting, many with a national or international calling on their lives. We have learned much during our times together. Here are some characteristics of what we have… Read More
Let me go back and tell you a little more of our first time together: How does a group go about waiting on God for three days? What do you do? For a while, we all waited in silence. Then W.S. suggested that we let the Lord give each person an identity by allowing the… Read More
Continuing the story of the group that gathers to listen: Over the next few weeks, more information came out. The morning after we returned home, a leader from the Nav-Apache council visited D.B. at the coffee shop. “Can you pray for one of our young men?” he asked. “He went insane over the weekend, and… Read More
Continuing the story of the listening gatherings: The next morning, we started to pray through the things D.B. had described. The first place we prayed was on a hilltop where the scene with the Native American man had taken place. We repented for what had been done to his people in that area and bound… Read More
The following posts are part of a document written by LK and myself on what has been happened when we gathered to listen. Ten of us sat around a campfire one warm Arizona evening. We had gathered there with no purpose other than to wait on God and listen to what He wanted to say… Read More
For the past several years, I have had the privilege of being part of a group that gets together for two to three days at a time every few months with no agenda except that of listening to God and doing what he says. We have recently had the "go ahead" from the Lord to… Read More
How many sermons can you remember a month later? A year later? A decade later? When we were in medical school, we were involved in a controversial church plant–the Christians at the hospital decided they were a church. Since they spent most of their time in the hospital and experienced great fellowship together, it was… Read More
Several simple/organic churches had come together for a celebration gathering. At one point, it was suggested that people get into smaller groups to pray for each other. Over in one corner, a family–mom, dad, and their two kids–were praying together. Each had tears running down their faces. God was touching them. I was close to… Read More