There seem to be more and more churches in college communities that are extending their influence onto the campus by planting a student led, on-site, organic church there! For Example:
~One campus in Texas has 15 such churches this Fall
~A University has one Dorm Church in which the home pastor podcasts his sermon to a group of 8 [...]
Archive for the 'Simple Church Planting' Category
university campus “churches”
October 1, 2008
simple questions to ask a 1st century house church
September 8, 2008
Just 8 words in the Bible reveal worlds about “house church”…Romans 16:5a says, “greet the church that is in their house”. God, through Paul, is clearly affirming the group in Prisca & Aquila’s home as a church.
Ask yourself a few clarifying questions about that church:
Where did people sit? How big was the house/room? How many fit inside?
Was [...]
a contagious definition of “church” …and Christ-honoring!
August 16, 2008
“The church is a group of Christ-followers who function, believe, and understand themselves to be the Body-of-Christ in their sphere of influence”. (from Kenny Moore in Denver)
Generally the functions are identified as worship, evangelism, discipleship, ministry, and community, with prayer, baptism, missions, Lord’s Supper, and church planting included as key components of those five…..but how [...]
lukewarm look-a-likes….
August 4, 2008
I often share this powerful quote from Michael Slaughter:
“The unpaid servant will spell the success or failure of the Christian mission….people who are willing to give of themselves to be real followers of Jesus Christ….radical Christianity.
I’d rather have a church of 12 people who can replicate the DNA of the Kingdom of God than a [...]
…a faith-community epidemic via Starbucks?
July 29, 2008
My plan was to put a CoffeeHouseChurches DVD in every Starbucks in Texas…until I saw there were 269 Starbucks just in Dallas county!
So, plan B is to put the DVD into the hands of any growing Christian who visits a Starbucks who will passionately:
1. Ask God to guide the DVD to the hands of a [...]
We are almost a church!
July 28, 2008
After a few months of prayerwalking, picking up litter (servanthood ministry), conversations, meals, and developing friendships (community), Wade & Jake sat around after a picnic with residents at a trailer park last Sunday and talked about God’s encouragement for living (sounds like the embryo of a discipleship Bible study to me). They decided to end their dialogue [...]
