Essential resources from our brother John White

I want to alert you to two resources that I believe you will find very helpful on your simple church journey…

The first is a new book by our friends and LK10 members, Tony and Felicity Dale.  It’s called The Rabbit and The Elephant: Why Small is the New Big for Today’s Church and it’s co-authored by George Barna Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 National House Church Conference, George Barna, Luke 10:2b, The Rabbit and The Elephant

Our church network of 4 churches gathered at Confluence Park in Denver today for a baptism. We sang, we dunked, we ate!

One of my favorite things about house church is our “old school” baptisms. Like the church in Acts, we purposefully gather in a public place to declare a rebirth. It’s a lot more fun than a kiddie pool at the front of a sanctuary! Read the rest of this entry »

This Saturday Extreme Community Makeover is coming to Denver, to a neighborhood called “Globeville.” One of the churches on our website is in Globeville, and one of the members Ryan Likes says this: Read the rest of this entry »

….but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.  Numbers 14:21   (do you believe this will be a reality?)

It is easy to lose sight of our Fathers eternal purpose. He is up to something and will carry out His purpose (s). We can easily get consumed by present distress and lose heart and sight of the steady March toward the consumation of God’s Desire. What is His desire? Read the rest of this entry »

John White and Hugh Brandt will be facilitating training for anyone who is leading or planning to lead a simple church. We will be meeting for the next three Monday evenings - April 13, 20, 27 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Bring a sandwich and we will talk over dinner. 

This will be training in the Hebraic style.  That is, the students determine the curriculum. So, bring the questions and issues that you want to talk about relating to leadership. Email John for directions: DenverWH@aol.com 

Awhile ago I stumbled upon the book Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, by Madeleine L’Engle.  I couldn’t put this book down. In her thoughtfully provocative way, L’Engle questions the ways we as a society look at art and faith, and more specifically literature. A few days after deciding upon the book, Madeleine L’Engle passed away. Her words will continually challenge and inspire readers in their journey of discovering faith.
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This past Sunday we were praying over a deep brokenness that had surfaced in the life of one of our friends. He was weeping as we all laid hands on Him and prayed for God’s restoration.

One of the children who is very sensitive to the Spirit and others emotions came over. She made the rounds, giving long tender hugs to each person.

What a powerful demonstration of God’s love and a reason to be thankful for kids in church.

What would seminary and leadership training look like done the “house church way?” Listen to co-founder Jan Cowles talk about “School on the Way.” It exists to train and release teachers for the purpose of equipping house churches for the spontaneous expansion of healthy homes of Jesus within walking distance of every person in Colorado. Click here to view their website.

Like the swinging of a pendulum, it is my observation that those gifts which have been overemphasized in the institutional church have been under emphasized in simple church. Because these gifts have been expressed in the institutional church as the participation of the few with a room full of passive participants, I believe it is difficult for us to imagine them any other way Read the rest of this entry »

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