House churches vs Traditional - Page 5

DanielR · #41 05-20-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

There are people that would go to home groups and not to a church building per se.

My wife is like that. She can't sit still for very long so she won't go to Church so that she doesn't cause a distraction, but she would go to a home Church because that is less of an issue.

Rhoni · #42 05-20-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

interesting. I don't understand how a church can BE a church without the intimacy of being "too close" with people. The programs and stuff seem nice to me but I think they ultimately take the place of real ministry unless of course those programs are centered around ministry.

It is not that there isn't intimacy but you can choose who you want to be intimate with. I feel myself closing off somewhat. I don't let everyone into my world. Got my walls/boundaries up.

Blessings, Rhoni

Sept5SavedTeen · #43 05-20-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhoni

It is not that there isn't intimacy but you can choose who you want to be intimate with. I feel myself closing off somewhat. I don't let everyone into my world. Got my walls/boundaries up.

Blessings, Rhoni

Boundaries are good... walls- not so much...

GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex

James Griffin · #44 05-20-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhoni

It is not that there isn't intimacy but you can choose who you want to be intimate with. I feel myself closing off somewhat. I don't let everyone into my world. Got my walls/boundaries up.

Blessings, Rhoni

Sorry to hear that, if you ever need to talk about it you know how to reach me.

ChristopherHall · #45 05-20-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Encryptus

Which is better and why?

Is either more scriptural or spiritual?

Can they co-exist or are they by nature exclusionary?

They can and should co-exist. Some will prefer house churches others traditional churches.

However, house churches are closer to the model found in the Bible and have less overhead cost. Being a "church without walls" a house church can meet in a home, at a cafe, a library, a park, a town square, ...anywhere. That also means they can essentially take church to the lost as opposed trying to convince the lost to come to the church.

Rico · #46 05-24-2008, 12:27 PM

Well, I have talked with this family about meeting in our homes and they are interested. I need to go visit a Christian bookstore and find some Bible studies. This is gonna be fun.

Esther · #47 05-24-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen

Don't you love it when that's the case? Did you all meet on Sunday after service? That's how the house church group I meet with does things, and it works really well. There's about 15 of us and it works well.

GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex

No we met on Friday nights. They have now changed it to Saturday's. Plus we would try and meet once a month on a Saturday for special prayer meeting for the meetings.

Esther · #48 05-24-2008, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rico

You have a home church? Cool! I am sure you mentioned before, but I have a hard time keeping up with who is doing what. How did you get it established? Was it just you and your family at first? How did you get more people involved? How big is the group? Questions and more questions.

I discussed it with a core group that was willing to commit to it. I didn't want any one person being in "control" per se. I wanted it to be a group effort.

We held it at a friends new home that had a large living area. I planned who would be doing the speaking. Bro. Strange helped us get started and then he had to drop out due to the distance he was having to drive. Then the other gentleman that has been teaching bible studies at work for several years took over as being our primary speaker.

Then we decided to break it up and the main speaker would teach/preach the first week, I took the second week, and I had the third week for a special speaker. The fourth week, we would show a prophecy video.

We were trying to find out what would draw the people. We had one couple come for a prophecy night that wouldn't come for anything else.

When I left in March we were having an average of about eight. However, for the most part of the year it was the four/five of the core group with only one of the groups parents and sometimes his sister that came.

We finally got them to come to the "big" church and his mom was going to buy her some skirts to where to church. Then he got offended with his son and quit coming.

He is the type that really needs TLC.

Hope that helps.

P.S. I did run it by my Pastor before I began.

CC1 · #49 05-24-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Encryptus

Which is better and why?

Is either more scriptural or spiritual?

Can they co-exist or are they by nature exclusionary?

Churches are better because it is so cotton picken hard to fit the entire choir, band, sound system, sound guy, and all of the other folks all in the living room and still have room for the congregation.

On the other hand house churches are great for folks who have problems submitting to anybody and want to go off and be a big chief (in a little tribe).

Also great for people of limited speaking or musical ability who will now have a chance to "minister" now that the pickings are slim.

Oh, I know there are some people doing home churches out of either conviction or neccessity if there is no established church where they are at but my somewhat flip comments above do apply to some who go this route.

Esther · #50 05-24-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CC1

Churches are better because it is so cotton picken hard to fit the entire choir, band, sound system, sound guy, and all of the other folks all in the living room and still have room for the congregation.

On the other hand house churches are great for folks who have problems submitting to anybody and want to go off and be a big chiekf (in a little tribe).

Also great for people of limited speaking or musical ability who will now have a chance to "minister" now that the pickings are slim.

Oh, I know there are some people doing home churches out of either conviction or neccessity if there is no established church where they are at but my somewhat flip comments above do apply to some who go this route.

CC1 there is a lot of truth in what you say. However, not ALL do it for that reason. In fact, I would suggest you really, really pray about it before you begin.

It opens the door to spiritual warfare immediately! Besides that it is a lot of hard work to be the "chief" of such a small effort.