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I've been interested in the house church model also.
In my experience in modern day church models like you have illustrated above emphasis is placed more on doing jobs inside the church walls rather than ministering outside the church building walls and saints doing those former jobs rather than the latter. Yes, It's preached that we should go and minister but in reality what is being said is go and bring them back here so the "real" ministry can look after them.
Just the responses of people in posts saying there is a "core" group places the emphasis on the services in the church building as if core means foundational.
I think there is a degree of usefullness to jobs like being in the choir, SS, ushering, etc (I've done just about every job) inside the church for services but there is much more to equipping the saints for ministry than that. There is even some question in my mind as to whether we are putting the cart before the horse making "internal" jobs more important than ministry in people's everyday lives outside the 2-3 meetings a week in the building.
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12 So whenever you speak, or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law of love, the law that set you free. 13 For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
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