Download or read book The House Church in the Writings of Paul written by Vincent Branick and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The study of the house church, we will see, takes us to the heart of many basic issues in early Christianity. We will focus on Paul's churches, but we must look to other later texts, both New Testament and extra-biblical, for insights and hints about the nature of the communities. Because the existence of such house churches was not an issue for him, Paul says little directly about them as such. His instructions about church life, however, become more understandable when read from the perspective of a household communitiy and at the same time shed light on these groups."--Introduction

Download or read book House Church in the Writings of Paul written by Vincent Branick and published by Michael Glazier Books. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The House Church written by Del Birkey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author proposes the house church structure as a key to continuing renewal in the church today. After a biblical and historical look at the significance of the house church, the author looks at a model of ministry appropriate to that structure. In light of this model, the author develops a theology of renewal through the servant leadership of both women and men, personal and corporate giftedness, participatory worship, and community commitment.

Download or read book House Church Simple Strategic Scriptural written by Steve Atkerson and published by NT Reformation Fellowship. This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead a small church? New Testament Church Dynamics is perfect for you!Unlike many church growth books, we present proven, Biblical strategies to grow your church both spiritually and numerically.These are not theories cooked up in an ivory tower. Our network of churches lives these principles out in multiple cultures and countries around the globe.By following Scriptural strategies, our unity, participation, purity, community, size, love, and evangelistic fervor have grown dramatically.Our joy is helping leaders of small churches follow Christ's model for church practice and planting.

Download or read book The House Church in God s Eternal Purposes written by Theodore Andoseh and published by ZTF Books Online. This book was released on 1900 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of "church" is witnessing a radical paradigm shift from mass gatherings, aka megachurches, to discipleship-making organs. In this book, The House Church in God's Eternal Purposes, Theodore Andoseh, describes in a practical way what a house church is and all that goes into her form and expression. House churches are the inns, the inns of God. They are the tabernacles of God. The house church is a place to welcome people from the street; wounded people; people who have received only the first aid ministry. House churches are there to care for, heal, nourish, keep and watch over the people so that What was brought from the street does not go back there, What was taken from the hand of the thief does not fall back into their hands. If you are a house church leader or a leader of any organic community of believers at whatever stage and size, then this book provides valuable material to help disciple them in an organic house setting. It is both realigning and enlightening, with a strong voice of Scripture. It is a must-read!

Download or read book The People Paul Admired written by Beulah Wood and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the old social barriers break down at the coming of Christianity? In homes. Where did practice join theology to break down the division between rich and poor or Jew and Greek, so that they ate together? In the hospitality of house church hosts and hostesses. What happened to the barrier between slave and free? Gone when they prayed together. The intense reserve between men and women? Dissolved as hosts and hostesses served the friends who entered their door. Paul saw this, admired and praised the house church leaders, and planned on homes to grow the gospel.

Download or read book The House Church Book written by Wolfgang Simson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as "Houses That Change the World," this updated work offers a comprehensive understanding of the past, present, and future of the house church movement--and the vital role of "ordinary" people in saturating the world with God's truth.

Download or read book Paul s Idea of Community written by Robert J. Banks and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly readable investigation of the early church explores the revolutionary nature, dynamics, and effects of the earliest Christian communities. It introduces readers to the cultural setting of the house churches of biblical times, examines the apostle Paul's vision of life in the Christian church, and explores how the New Testament model of community applies to Christian practice today. Updated and revised throughout, this 40th-anniversary edition incorporates recent research, updates the bibliography, and adds a new fictional narrative that depicts the life and times of the early church.

Download or read book Paul s Idea of Community written by Robert J. Banks and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paul and the Roman House Churches written by Reta H. Finger and published by Wipf and Stock. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In AD 57 or 58, the apostle Paul sent his faithful coworker and patron Phoebe on an eight-hundred-mile journey to deliver a letter to all the Christians in Rome. He was concerned about racial, lifestyle, and political tensions in the house-church groups there. Some believers were more conservative, some more liberal. How could they live in unity and help Paul in his mission? Today we have Paul's letter but know little about its historical context. Yet similar tensions still trouble churches. Too often Romans has been misused to divide Christians from Jews, or Christians from each other. Finger claims we cannot understand Romans for our day unless we grasp its original setting. She guides users of the book to re-create house churches as in first-century Rome. Participants assume various roles and hear Phoebe proclaim Paul's message afresh. They will not all agree on what Paul means. Where they do catch his meaning, they may not accept it. How does Jesus' gospel teach them to get along together when they can't agree? This book will also benefit individual readers, and the learning through simulation is adaptable to groups of many ages and levels of education, biblical awareness, and spiritual maturity. Diversity stimulates and enhances discussion! The goal is to hear and apply the message of Romans to our lives today -- and have fun in the process!

Download or read book Paul s Idea of Community written by Robert Banks and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is in Paul that the most profound and clearly developed understanding of community is found. Indeed, what the apostle has to say about community is relevant to far more than just the way people get together in churches. In this timely study, the author examines and clarifies Paul's idea of community, placing it in its historical context (comparing Paul and the Stoic and Epicurean and Cynical phiosophers, the Hellenistic mystery cults, and first-century Judaism), and drawing out its significance both sociologically and theologically. According to him, the essence of Paul idea of community is freedom. The freedom that Christ brings to a person means not only independence (from selfish desires and from the law) but also dependence (for the freedom is given by Christ, not earned) and interdependence (it must be lived out in the community). Of the several images Paul uses to describe the community, the author focuses on two: body (depicting the goal of development or growth) and family (dpeicting the goal of harmony). He goes on to discuss the various aspects of the community: the physical expressions of community: "spiritual gifts" and their role in the community; the role of women and racial minorities in the community; and the relationship of Paul himself and his apostolic endeavours to the community. [Back cover].

Download or read book Paul s Idea of Community written by Robert J. Banks and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convinced that Paul s distinctive contribution to Christianity is his idea of community, Banks demonstrates how this notion informs Paul s instructions to his churches. In doing so, Banks . . . presents to us a Paul who, while always undergirding his directions to his churches theologically, grounds his teaching in the social realities of his readers." Abraham J. Malherbe, Yale University

Download or read book The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology written by Colin Brown and published by Paternoster. This book was released on 1975 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paul the Pastoral Epistles and the Early Church written by James W. Aageson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happened to Paul after Paul? This book examines the relationships between Paul's undisputed writings, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Pauline legacy adopted and adapted by the early church. Book jacket.

Download or read book Roman House Churches for Today written by Reta Halteman Finger and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing the biblical book of Romans in its historical and cultural context, Reta Halteman Finger here creates a simulation of the Roman house churches that first heard Paul's Romans letter and its call for inclusiveness among the people of God. Finger guides readers in small groups to re-create house churches as in first-century Rome. Based on the text of Romans, participants play various roles and converse, even debate, with other characters from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. This experiential approach makes Romans come alive in new, concrete ways and applies Romans theology to current issues that often still divide groups of Christians. Roman House Churches for Today includes aids and suggestions for simulation leaders, sample character sketches, and website links with resources for further, deeper study. Not only small groups but also individuals will profit from this unique Bible study.

Download or read book Let the Church Meet in Your House written by Emerson T. Manaloto and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The communities in which we live all suffer alienation from God and the sin, social disorder and brokenness that follows. As Christians, we yearn to see our communities saturated with the good news of Jesus Christ, but there are countless obstacles to overcome in our churches and mission agencies as we seek to fulfil this vision. In this book, Emerson Manaloto offers the model of New Testament-based house churches as the vehicle for gospel ministry in communities around the world with specific applications for the Filipino context. Examining four areas – leaders, learners, lessons, and locations – Dr Manaloto presents foundational principles of the New Testament that can be the basis for our own contemporary churches and ministry. Manaloto critically analyzes the house church in terms of its concepts in the first century, its context in the Greco-Roman world and its practices as outlined in the New Testament. This analysis is then used to draw conclusions for how twenty-first century small groups in the Philippines can be stable, mature, and multiply, resulting in the birth of more churches locally and globally, and the transformation of lives and communities as they encounter Jesus Christ.

Download or read book Letters to the House Church Movement written by Rad Zdero and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Letters. Real People. Real Issues.God is raising up the simple, organic, house church movement. And this book gives you, for the first time, a real-life inside look at the controversies, struggles, victories, and personalities emerging from within this revolution. This book is a collection of real letters to real people facing real issues. These letters challenge, persuade, and encourage. They address theological issues and practical problems. They were sent to friends, acquaintances, strangers, radicals, and critics. This book will not just satisfy your curiosity about today's house church movement, but it will propel you to complete the task to which Jesus Christ has called you."Rad is one of those that has taken the time to... give us all a sort of house church FAQ that unzips and unpacks the current revolution and makes it more tangible than ever."Wolfgang SimsonAuthor of Houses that Change the World"Rad Zdero has labored to usher in a new/old paradigm in church life... a courageous, candid, and vulnerable publication of the letters that have chronicled his journey... an important work..."David Garrison, Ph.D.Author of Church Planting Movements"I am thrilled that Rad Zdero has released this series of insightful letters into book form... a timely, biblical, poignant yet gracious response to real-life concerns... Highly recommended!"Andrew JonesBlogger and founder, Boaz ProjectRAD ZDERO has a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been involved in the house church and small group movement since 1985. Rad is the author of The Global House Church Movement. He is also the editor of Nexus: The World House Church Movement Reader and The Starfish Files house church magazine. Rad lives just outside Toronto, Canada.