Leaving the Church to Find GodDog Ear Publishing, 2007 - 220 páginas Motivated by a deep hunger for more of God, millions of Christians are leaving the traditional church to look for more freedom and fulfillment than the routine of five songs, announcements, a plea for money and a forty five minute sermon allow. They are looking for open ended, deep worship that flows with the Holy Spirit, relatable Bible study and discussion in which they may participate, and strong bonds of fellowship outside the four walls of organized church. Instead of leaving the church to fall away from God, they are leaving the church to find God. Leaving the Church to Find God offers scriptural, safe, and balanced answers tempered by real life experiences, on how to move from a traditional church structure into meetings that allow the Lord to set the agenda and where needs are met. John Fenn - I was a Christian who felt disconnected from church though I'd been actively involved nearly all my life. I was looking for answers to my desire and hunger for God to move freely, and came to realize I wasn't alone. From all walks of life and across the church spectrum people are searching for something deeper, but they don't quite know what. This is the story of how I found God moving outside the church structure that I had known, loved, and been a part of my whole Christian life. John and his wife Barbara were born in Kokomo, Indiana and began dating as teenagers when they met the Lord, and began ministering to their teenage friends. They've been in the ministry now for over thirty years, serving in various capacities including Campus Pastor, Associate Pastor, Senior Pastor, and advisor to churches and Bible schools all over the world. John also worked with Peter Wagner teaching at the Wagner Leadership Institute, serving as Canadian National Director and Education Advisor. He remains an adjunct instructor of Wagner Leadership Institute of Colorado Springs. In early 2002 John and his wife Barb, founded The Church Without Walls International of Tulsa, a house church network, emphasizing Relationship Based Christianity. He travels and teaches in all different streams of Christianity, helping churches and individuals find significance and fulfillment through Godly relationships and the discipleship process. |
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... meetings and into the former pagan temples . Noted author on cell churches Ralph Neighbour has stated that the clergy based part of the structure of the traditional church became further entrenched during a meeting of the bishops in ...
... meetings and into the former pagan temples . Noted author on cell churches Ralph Neighbour has stated that the clergy based part of the structure of the traditional church became further entrenched during a meeting of the bishops in ...
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... meeting with Christians every day . She said they met in homes , the backs of restaurants , in courtyards found by walking down narrow alleys , and other places all in small groups , amongst families and villages . It seemed that the ...
... meeting with Christians every day . She said they met in homes , the backs of restaurants , in courtyards found by walking down narrow alleys , and other places all in small groups , amongst families and villages . It seemed that the ...
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... meeting doing so , with the results being spiritually hurt and injured Christians . Where was the bal- ance ? When looking in the Word I saw that people were account- able to each other . Even Peter , Paul , and Barnabus were willing to ...
... meeting doing so , with the results being spiritually hurt and injured Christians . Where was the bal- ance ? When looking in the Word I saw that people were account- able to each other . Even Peter , Paul , and Barnabus were willing to ...
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... meetings I attended as a teenager in the 1970s . The Question Thus the question became one of what was I going to do with this empowerment and freedom ? Was my deep yearning within to seek spiritual fulfillment and do church differently ...
... meetings I attended as a teenager in the 1970s . The Question Thus the question became one of what was I going to do with this empowerment and freedom ? Was my deep yearning within to seek spiritual fulfillment and do church differently ...
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... meeting in homes was no longer relevant and a change was needed , and God met that need through Constantine's legalization of the faith . God works in order , line upon line ; precept upon precept , so if house based church was the ...
... meeting in homes was no longer relevant and a change was needed , and God met that need through Constantine's legalization of the faith . God works in order , line upon line ; precept upon precept , so if house based church was the ...
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The Pyramid | 51 |
How Jesus Portrayed Church Structure not what you think | 77 |
Ekklesia Not What Youve Been Told | 89 |
Authority Based on Gifts Not Office | 105 |
God Living Among Through His People | 125 |
The Missing Link | 141 |
Freedom to Flow | 153 |
The Good the Bad and the Ugly Ways of Doing House Church | 163 |
Where Do I Go From Here? | 181 |
EpilogueHow our house church came into being | 209 |
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Acts apostles asked authority Barnabas become Bible Bible school body of Christ book of Acts building called Christians church structure conduct the business congregation context Corinth Corinthians culture disciples ekklesia elders empowering empowerment Ephesians Ephesus Father fellowship fill flow functions gifts give God's personality heart heaven Holy Spirit host house based churches house church issues Jerusalem Jesus Kathryn Kuhlman kingdom leaders leadership lives look Lord manifest means meeting mentioned ministry Moses move needs NKJV pastor Paul Paul's Pentecost Peter prayer praying prophets pyramid church pyramid structure realized relationships revelation Roman Empire Romans rulers says scripture serve someone speak staff started Sunday morning talk taught teaching tell temple temple in Jerusalem Testament Thessalonica things Timothy tion tithing told traditional church understand verse vision walk women word worship
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Página 133 - See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Página 81 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone ; in Whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in Whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Página 160 - And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him : And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
Página 190 - Neither was there any among them that lacked ; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the Apostles' feet ; and distribution was made unto every man, according as he had need.
Página 52 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Página 78 - You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Página 40 - And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark ; where many were gathered together praying.
Página 85 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on his way rejoicing.