Do you believe in “Organizing things” and having structure?

April 19, 2011 in Gatherings

    (By Neil Cole)   Is structure a bad word in organic church? Can systems be organic or are they only institutional? How do you organize a decentralized, rapidly [...]

Kids and organic Church

December 3, 2010 in Gatherings

Taken from Neil Cole / http://www.cmaresources.org/article/kids-and-the-organic-church A friend of mine recounts the story of his son coming home from Sunday School. He asked the boy the most common questions asked [...]

What about Children?

November 14, 2010 in Gatherings

This is usually the first question asked when it comes to house churches: “What about children? (Taken from http://sojourner.typepad.com/house_church_blog/2004/03/house_church_ba_3.html) The implication, of course, is that children are going to lose [...]

Families

November 14, 2010 in Gatherings

Children are supposed to be educated in a family setting according to the bible. It is vital for us to have children in our midst to learn from them and [...]

Children and Simple Church

November 14, 2010 in Gatherings

(Taken from http://www.simplechurchjournal.com/2009/10/children-and-simple-church.html) As a mom on this untraditional journey, I gotta tell ya…I am always struggling with the guilt (I know, no surprise there!) of not “doing” enough church stuff [...]

What are Simple Churches Like?

October 15, 2010 in Gatherings

It’s six o’clock. Work is done, but the day is not over yet. For within an hour you’ll be sitting at the kitchen table with some friends. That’s what you [...]