WE ARE NOT A NETWORK OF HOME CHURCHES
WE ARE NOT A LEGALLY IDENTIFIED ENTITY
WE ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY LEGALLY ESTABLISHED CHURCH
WE ARE NOT LIKE A MINI VERSION OF A WEEKEND CHURCH SERVICE
WE DON'T DO OR GO TO CHURCH - WE ARE THE CHURCH IN ACTION
WE ARE SIMPLY DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
SERVING HIM OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT CHURCH STRUCTURE AND PARADIGM
DISCIPLES THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER
WITH A COMMON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OR INTEREST GROUP
WE MAY MEET IN HOMES, CAFES, PARKS, ONLINE, BEACHES, OR ANYWHERE
WE MAY DRIVE, RIDE, SWIM, EAT, WALK, OR WHATEVER
BUT IN ALL THAT WE DO
WE ENDEVOUR TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH
WE ARE LIKE BROTHERS, SISTERS, FAMILY
DOING LIFE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST
WE ARE NOT A LEGALLY IDENTIFIED ENTITY
WE ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY LEGALLY ESTABLISHED CHURCH
WE ARE NOT LIKE A MINI VERSION OF A WEEKEND CHURCH SERVICE
WE DON'T DO OR GO TO CHURCH - WE ARE THE CHURCH IN ACTION
WE ARE SIMPLY DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
SERVING HIM OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT CHURCH STRUCTURE AND PARADIGM
DISCIPLES THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER
WITH A COMMON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OR INTEREST GROUP
WE MAY MEET IN HOMES, CAFES, PARKS, ONLINE, BEACHES, OR ANYWHERE
WE MAY DRIVE, RIDE, SWIM, EAT, WALK, OR WHATEVER
BUT IN ALL THAT WE DO
WE ENDEVOUR TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH
WE ARE LIKE BROTHERS, SISTERS, FAMILY
DOING LIFE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST
Simple Church is an organic gathering of disciples of Christ. It's a New Testament modelled church. That can gather anytime, anywhere (homes, cafe's, parks) for fellowship, food, Bible study.
It's all about relationship. It's about family. It's about you being a disciple of Jesus. Frank Viola describes an organic church well: "By organic church, I mean a church that is born out of spiritual life instead of being constructed by human institutions and held together by religious programs. Organic church life is a grassroots experience that is marked by face-to-face community, every-member functioning, open-participatory meetings (as opposed to pastor-to-pew services), non-hierarchical leadership, and the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ as the functional Leader and Head of the gathering." |
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