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Wednesday, September 14
 
30 hallmarks - no. 5

THE HUB: PASTOR OR SAVIOUR?
The reality in many churches is that everything tends to revolve around the 'preacher'. In a typical church the pastor and his staff do about 70% of the total ministry.

In the US Barrett & Johnson calculate that it costs the US institutional church $1.5m to baptise each new member. In Northern Europe it is more than $2m. In home church movements in poor countries the cost is around $25-40.

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Something is happening across Britain today: a new kind of church is beginning to appear; increasing numbers of christians (recent research suggests between 40 & 100,000) are starting to gather in homes, colleges and work places. Living out a 24-7 faith, they are missionally focused with a 'go to them' dynamic instead of a 'come to us' invitation. These communities are small, fluid, organic, reproducible and most of all simple; so simple that any believer would respond by saying "I could do that!"

The aim of this site is to connect, report and resource these new groups. If you'd like to know more check out the vision page.

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