FeedWelcome Home – A Practical Guide to House Churches, Small Groups, Home Fellowships or Whatever Else We Call Them
May 12, 2012 in Church Fellowship Tags: call, Churches, else, Fellowships, groups, Guide, Home, House, Practical, small, Them, Welcome, Whatever
Welcome Home – A Practical Guide to House Churches, Small Groups, Home Fellowships or Whatever Else We Call Them
Unlike anything you may have read before on the subject, Welcome Home is a uniquely practical and soundly theological guide to nearly every aspect of house churches and small groups. Whether you are an elder of a large congregation with hundreds of small groups, a house church pastor, a church planter, or anyone at all interested in home fellowships, this book is sure to be an encouraging help to your ministry. By placing significant emphasis on developing leaders, Welcome Home maps out step-by-step ways to begin a house church ministry or to greatly improve existing small group programs. Drawing from solid, Biblical examples and over two decades of hands-on experience, Welcome Home sets a clear path for discipleship through home fellowships. The book also includes a CD containing various teaching outlines that may be printed freely for use as class materials.
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May 12th, 2012 at 8:21 am
Excellent Read,
I found and purchased this book at a local thrift store – God being God, has a sense of humor and this is how it came to be.
I had recently talked to a couple of friends about us starting a home Bible study / house church in my house and setting aside that time for fellowship. We set a date and were going to just simply see where Jesus was leading.
The next day, I was at the thrift store with my husband- and this book (complete with CD and all) literally fell onto my feet! How God like amazing is that?
Long story short, I bought it and read it. This is a great book in that it offers a lot of practical ideas & suggestions. It goes in depth on the Biblical qualifications of leaders etc.
Pros:
Clear & Concise – 90% scripture and maybe 10% opinion
The included CD makes it so easy to print off chapter notes to go along with it
Cons:
Focuses too much on church in the house. What I mean, is they advocate replacing the modern church with house churches- not that there is anything wrong with that, as it is what the New Testament church did; however ; it isn’t for me.
So in conclusion, I recommend this book for anyone doing a home group of any kind. It is an excellent resource for pastors of existing churches who may be starting cell groups etc, or for people not associated with a church that all they do is house church and want to take it to the next level.
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