In conferences and
conversations all over the world about simple/house church, it seems
that people usually want to learn first about “how
to gather.” This is natural since we have thought about “church” as being
mostly about events and gatherings. The problem is that though we can
replace larger events and gatherings with smaller ones,
our motivation may still be to hang out with our Christian
friends and, again, seek to reach others by inviting them to join us.
By focusing first on the
gathering, we miss the point that Jesus’ focus was first on the going way of
life. If gatherings develop that support a dynamic, outward,
supernatural lifestyle, then the gatherings will be powerful
and relevant. However, if gatherings become a replacement
for
the true adventure of Jesus-following (which can easily happen),
then we will again regress into a comfortable Christianity with little life in it.
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