Comments on: How can simple churches and institutional churches work together? http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/blog/2009/how-to-do-house-church/how-can-simple-churches-and-institutional-churches-work-together/ Everything for Colorado House Churches: Resources, Stories, Training, and more Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:59:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: artman81 http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/blog/2009/how-to-do-house-church/how-can-simple-churches-and-institutional-churches-work-together/comment-page-1/#comment-372 artman81 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:38:38 +0000 http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/?p=153#comment-372 Yeah that is cool... This can be a sensitive topic with a lot of house churches, since many traditional churches feel threatened by house churches, and vice versa. But I believe that God's ultimate purpose is not just a certain way of gathering in his body, but unity of the church universal. I do believe that if all church groups started hanging together, praying together, supporting one another, etc, then Gods spirit would be poured out as never before! -Sean Yeah that is cool… This can be a sensitive topic with a lot of house churches, since many traditional churches feel threatened by house churches, and vice versa. But I believe that God’s ultimate purpose is not just a certain way of gathering in his body, but unity of the church universal. I do believe that if all church groups started hanging together, praying together, supporting one another, etc, then Gods spirit would be poured out as never before!
-Sean

]]> By: Brian Rants http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/blog/2009/how-to-do-house-church/how-can-simple-churches-and-institutional-churches-work-together/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Brian Rants Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/?p=153#comment-285 Tom, that is an encouraging story, the kind of cooperation that we are looking to foster and be apart of. I love it! Tom, that is an encouraging story, the kind of cooperation that we are looking to foster and be apart of. I love it!

]]> By: Tom Khazoyan http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/blog/2009/how-to-do-house-church/how-can-simple-churches-and-institutional-churches-work-together/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Tom Khazoyan Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:50:23 +0000 http://www.coloradohousechurch.com/?p=153#comment-279 We are in a good partnership right now with an institutional church and our simple church, Oasis Community. Just for information, Oasis Community is not what I would call a house church, but the community thinks of itself in much the same way as our past house churches, but with some differences. We are small, but larger than will fit in anyone's house. We don't have an office, building, full-time staff, or much in the way of programs. We are highly participatory and flexible in our gatherings and place a high value on genuine community. Our current gatherings (Saturday nights) take place in a meeting room provided by a large church. We have a long relationship with this church and they are very generous with us in regards to their facility. We are in the process of helping to build out an unused portion of their building that is next to a coffee house that is owned by the church. We will meet in a community room adjoining the coffee house during business hours. We hope to be a community that is open and available to patrons and neighbors as we gather and also facilitate other activities during the week. We are thinking of 'seeker small groups', film nights, music nights, and other community service activities that we find will bless the neighborhood. We don't have a problem with competition with the larger church. In fact, they appreciate the diversity we offer, even to their own regular members, who occasionally take part in our gatherings. We are in a good partnership right now with an institutional church and our simple church, Oasis Community. Just for information, Oasis Community is not what I would call a house church, but the community thinks of itself in much the same way as our past house churches, but with some differences. We are small, but larger than will fit in anyone’s house. We don’t have an office, building, full-time staff, or much in the way of programs. We are highly participatory and flexible in our gatherings and place a high value on genuine community.

Our current gatherings (Saturday nights) take place in a meeting room provided by a large church. We have a long relationship with this church and they are very generous with us in regards to their facility. We are in the process of helping to build out an unused portion of their building that is next to a coffee house that is owned by the church. We will meet in a community room adjoining the coffee house during business hours. We hope to be a community that is open and available to patrons and neighbors as we gather and also facilitate other activities during the week. We are thinking of ’seeker small groups’, film nights, music nights, and other community service activities that we find will bless the neighborhood.

We don’t have a problem with competition with the larger church. In fact, they appreciate the diversity we offer, even to their own regular members, who occasionally take part in our gatherings.

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