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Monday, October 24
 
30 hallmarks - 16: the heart of your church: Large meetings or small?

Around the world the gravity of churches is shifting away from the large Sunday morning worship event to the small group. There is a rapidly spreading awareness that the real matrix of growth and change lies here.

There is a growing agreement that:

1. Small, participatory groups are the main source of intimacy, growth, accountability, responsibility, repentance and new steps of faith. They are the only context where the 54 "one anothers" can realistically be lived out.

2. Extensive networking between all churches is still needed to win our cities.


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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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