Both terms house and church have been redefined since New Testament times. Extended families lived in houses – with people (and animals) coming and going, unlike our private places of retreat; and the term church only ever referred to people meeting in those houses – never to buildings, denominations, or hierarchies or leadership. Important insights… Continue reading
Date Archives → August 2012
Australian churches: Growing or Slowing?
Is your denominational or local church proactively involved in planting new churches? Check out Steve Addison’s comment on the dangers of attendance growth – but slowing in churches planted!