"Beards are sin!" False doctrine?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I'm not against platform guidelines. If you're in an institutional church, you might need them.

I've been house churching now for between 6 or seven years. We met in common clothes and never even had issue with facial hair. So, the entire platform performance dynamic didn't exist. We would pray, sing, pray more, sing. We'd share a meal, pass the bread and the cup. The elder would share a passage, some insight, and we'd discuss it. We'd confess sin and pray for one another. Often fellowship extended long after midnight, with kids crashed on couches and in the floor.

Anyone could bring a passage, insight, song, or poem. In Scott's house church, sometimes tongues and interpretation was present. Sometimes word of knowledge or word of wisdom. Sometimes we felt a healing anointing, and sought God for healing. We shared visions, dreams, and impressions we received from God. We talked about life, work, and people we were trying to reach.

The Sunday show is just not how I see church.

That sounds like group.