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[Socialite]

D4T, I do think "Small Group Ministry" is part of it, and like I said, it's a great start, but it doesn't connect all the dots.

Check out this video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50181320944606

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Socialite

D4T, I do think "Small Group Ministry" is part of it, and like I said, it's a great start, but it doesn't connect all the dots.

Check out this video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50181320944606

I do agree it is a great start.

I just also believe that it is a great finish.

It worked for the apostles.

headed to lunch... I'll check out the vid when I get back.

[Socialite]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I do agree it is a great start.

I just also believe that it is a great finish.

It worked for the apostles.

headed to lunch... I'll check out the vid when I get back.

Sure, it's progress , and much better than overtly Church Building focused groups.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Socialite

D4T, I do think "Small Group Ministry" is part of it, and like I said, it's a great start, but it doesn't connect all the dots.

Check out this video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50181320944606

I attend a church that is built around house churching. We have over 2000 members. That's pretty "missional"... a view to win one's world to Christ. Since we don't focus on the "services" so much there are far more "bible studies" going on where members are meeting in small groups with their coworkers and the unsaved. We've even formed a small group that meets where I work.

When we break away from the paradigm of "drag 'em to the church building"... we unleash the church to function... anywhere.

[Socialite]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I attend a church that is built around house churching. We have over 2000 members. That's pretty "missional"... a view to win one's world to Christ. Since we don't focus on the "services" so much there are far more "bible studies" going on where members are meeting in small groups with their coworkers and the unsaved.

When we break away from the paradigm of "drag 'em to the service"... we unleash the church to function... anywhere.

A pretty sizable chunk of the missional community movement was shaped by the House Churchers.

We still find great value and beauty in Sunday gatherings, even as we join with over 2,000 years of Christian tradition. It's a time where communities from all over the city come together in one beautiful time of worship, communion, etc...

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Socialite

A pretty sizable chunk of the missional community movement was shaped by the House Churchers.

We still find great value and beauty in Sunday gatherings, even as we join with over 2,000 years of Christian tradition. It's a time where communities from all over the city come together in one beautiful time of worship, communion, etc...

I've actually come to love the Lord's Supper (Communion). We do it weekly and stress it's meaning strongly in the house churches. At first I wasn't sure what to think about having Communion so frequently. But... now it's like we're joining over 2,000 years of Christian tradition. It's quite beautiful. We pass a single loaf (signifying one Lord) and we each tear a peice of it away (signifying how His body was broken for us). We then pass a single cup (signifying the blood of one Lord) and we dip the bread in the cup as it is passed. Then we take the soaked bread together and discuss elements of the cross, His coming, and what it means to us. Every week a brother is chosen to offer a passage that speaks of Christ's suffering and death for us. It's more moving than I originally thought it would be.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I've actually come to love the Lord's Supper (Communion). We do it weekly and stress it's meaning strongly in the house churches. At first I wasn't sure what to think about having Communion so frequently. But... now it's like we're joining over 2,000 years of Christian tradition. It's quite beautiful. We pass a single loaf (signifying one Lord) and we each tear a peice of it away (signifying how His body was broken for us). We then pass a single cup (signifying the blood of one Lord) and we dip the bread in the cup as it is passed. Then we take the soaked bread together and discuss elements of the cross, His coming, and what it means to us. Every week a brother is chosen to offer a passage that speaks of Christ's suffering and death for us. It's more moving than I originally thought it would be.

Have you ever read Wolfgang Simson's take on the Lord's Supper?

[Socialite]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I've actually come to love the Lord's Supper (Communion). We do it weekly and stress it's meaning strongly in the house churches. At first I wasn't sure what to think about having Communion so frequently. But... now it's like we're joining over 2,000 years of Christian tradition. It's quite beautiful. We pass a single loaf (signifying one Lord) and we each tear a peice of it away (signifying how His body was broken for us). We then pass a single cup (signifying the blood of one Lord) and we dip the bread in the cup as it is passed. Then we take the soaked bread together and discuss elements of the cross, His coming, and what it means to us. Every week a brother is chosen to offer a passage that speaks of Christ's suffering and death for us. It's more moving than I originally thought it would be.

We do it monthly, and sporadically at our missional community nights (which we share over a meal). Communion has been one of the most impacting, beautiful and powerful traditions we have.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Socialite

D4T, I do think "Small Group Ministry" is part of it, and like I said, it's a great start, but it doesn't connect all the dots.

Check out this video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50181320944606

Video will not play for me.

[Socialite]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Video will not play for me.

It's on the Verge Network's website. Sorry... not sure why it's not playing. Try another browser?