Home Churches
This is a pretty interesting article on the rise of home churches. I know most of us associate home churches with the emerging church movement, but this article raises some interesting perspectives on the more conservative side of the home-church movement.
Critics of the home-churching movement argue that its practitioners deprive children of a well-rounded religious education.
“An untrained theologian is not equipped to address the thornier questions of morality,” said Rev. Lawrence Case of Grace Methodist Church in Homestead, FL. “Home-churchers often make their own interpretations of complicated biblical instruction …
the Onion cracks me up…
Lark News did one on the Prayer of Jabez book devastating Chinese house churches…
Lark News
You fooled the Tall Skinny Kiwi and he talks about it. funny.
TallSkinnyKiwi Link
Awesome.
Hey brother,
I was surprized at the content of the “Onion” article and concluded that it was written to degrade house churches. I am certain that many of the alleged issues are not issues for most hcer’s.
I have, btw, several of the offical emergent books and don’t really see that they advocate home churches. Perhaps you can point me to one that does or to even a web document from one of the main emergent sites. Several writers did report that their churches began in homes but that was about it. Much thanks! Will check back later.