We are officially a family without a church

[Ferd]

I have zero issue with folks who teach and preach the truth in a house setting.

I have zero issue with folks who come together in a larger setting we like to call "church"

I think both are "church" and both groups make of PART of the body.

The things that are important to me are:
1. Are you meeting regularly?
2. Are you grounded in the truth?
3. Are you connected in some way to the wider body of Christ so that you are anchored and not blown about by every wind of doctrine?
4. Do you have mechanisms for both personal spiritual growth AND evangelism?

These things are far easier in the traditional church model; there is no reason why it cannot work in a house church setting. But every house church participant seeking to replicate the early church must recognize that these folk were VERY connected to each other, they had clear church government with overseers and evangelists. They were not islands separated and unconnected.