In this darkened world there is not much interest in God, but we must be honest that there are some Christians, though they have taken Jesus as their god, there is a sincere love for God. Those trinitarian Christians still have to grow and have to find out that Jesus is the Way to God… Read More Germinating small seeds, pebble-stones, small and mega churches and faith
In-between our series about “making church” we had a look yesterday on an exhortation from some weeks ago. We looked at that wise man, who was blessed by God to have lots of wisdom and power. Solomon told us that Though one may be overwhelmed, two can deal with it. Two are better than one.… Read More Not staying alone in your search for truth
Looking in the world and looking at people After you have wondered about your previous church, or if you had never a church, and went looking for a church but did not see one which could attract you, you must ask yourself what you are really looking for. When looking at those people and churches… Read More When not seeing or not finding a biblically sound church
Originally posted on First World Revival:
?? 3 Reasons Why You Should Go To A Small Church Before you go on assuming please know that I have nothing personal against the contemporary “mega-church” movement but I do think that attending a small church will more consistently grow God’s children into spiritual maturity. I also want…
Fellowship with each other and fellowship with God When we do believe in the Nazarene Jew Jeshua to be the Messiah and follow his teachings we know we have to go out in the world to tell them the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God. It would be nice if we can convince… Read More As a small church needing encouragement
Originally posted on Wisdomforlife:
Conflict management 101 “Virtually all theorists of conflict management agree that parties to a conflict must share larger or ultimate values in common as a basis on which to resolve their differences.” (Hugh Halverstadt, Managing Church Conflict, p. 212). Two important examples Two areas that significantly disrupt unity are differences in giftedness effecting…
In our expanding world people having to find places where they can find enough work to provide for a sufficient income, people may find different denominations they originally grew up in. In the wealthy countries many extended families today are scattered among different congregations, some in different states, provinces or on different sides of the… Read More Four Pressing Needs in Rural Communities, and How the Church Should Respond
Originally posted on Pilgrimpace's Blog:
I am extremely grateful for a friend who shared this poem by ee cummings with me. I hope it is OK to reproduce it here. It is something I shall be living out of for a while. It makes me ask questions; I am not sure I agree with…
Originally posted on The ONE THING:
Mark 4:31 (NKJV) It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; Recently I attended a pastor’s conference where I was informed that 80% of the churches in my denomination were small churches and that the…
Those wanting to follow Jesus and preferring to do like he did, not following his own will but the Will of God, should know that they always shall belong to the minority. But when those following Christ are living somewhere in the world they should know at that at other places somewhere in the world… Read More The Big conversation – Recognition and refocus
Ryan asks: Isn’t it the big churches that are so pushing the small groups because they understand that big is impersonal and the only way to keep people coming in a big church is to get people individually involved in such things as small groups? According to him Small churches don’t need the small groups… Read More Having a small church mentality
Looking at our small community we must remember that it is God Who calls and for what we can offer in our community He takes what we have and makes it go further! Church is the place to bring empty lives for God to fill. Church is about meeting not just meetings! In our previous… Read More The Big conversation Why it matters
The reason why the Belgian Free Christadelphians made an opening to thoughts of others is explained in Personal thoughts, communication, establishing ecclesia and guest writings. We can not go beyond the fact that the Christadelphian community has problems getting enough people coming to their ecclesiae. In Belgium, which you also could call a A-religious country,… Read More Reasons why you may not miss the opportunity to go to a Small Church
Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven 