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About Christian Home Church Founder, Patrick Sipperly

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Hello, I'm Pat Sipperly, an everyday man who loves God, his family, and this great United States of America - Land of the Free because of the brave.

I'm a video producer, owner of DurangoVideo.com & the Arizona Video Company, and I write Christian Fiction. For more details on the latest book release, visit PatrickSipperly.com. I'm also a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a believer that the church is the dynamic body of Christ wherever two or three or two or three hundred gather together in Jesus name.

Here's a little more of my story...

The Lord got a hold of my heart in a Pentecostal church in Kenai, Alaska when I was about twelve. In the years that followed, I met and was taught by some of the most wonderful people in the world. I remember their love for God and each other and how often they prayed with me at the altar. From those early days, I felt God had something specific for me to do, though I didn't know what it was.

After high school, I attended Bible school for a year in Minnesota, and more college in Alaska before joining the Army in 1985. I served four years both in Europe and here in the U.S.

After my enlistment, I attended Oregon State University and worked at a restaurant where I promptly backslid and lived in a near constant state of condemnation. When the opportunity arose, I moved north to Portland, and reconnected with the Lord. I joined a new independent church that was just getting started and began hands on ministry like I'd never known before. I learned the power of the straight word of God and how we should never add to it, or take away from it. I also learned about a diversely gifted church, not a pastor only ministry structure.

For the next 10 years, I taught home Bible studies, picked up people for church, was the youth leader, vacuumed carpets, drove the bus, was on the board and was later ordained. I also met and married my beautiful wife there.

The church and I went through many changes. Some were good, some not so good. We all did as many things wrong as right, but by prayer, long suffering, and forgiveness, we continued on. I look back on those years with gratitude. It was my spiritual Basic Training.

When our family moved to Colorado in 2006, we didn't feel to start another church, but we knew that we couldn't just sit on a pew either. Unfortunately, the denominational churches we visited taught denominational doctrines that we couldn't agree with. Like many believers, we were caught between

the command to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together and denominational teaching we couldn't agree with. The whole situation brought me to my knees seeking God for what we should do.

Over a period of months, I felt the Lord lead me into a deeper understanding about the what, where, when, how and why of church according to the scriptures. I also discovered that there are thousands of people working through the same situation. Some unfortunately have given up, and no longer have a walk with God. Others have pursued meeting together in their homes to pray together and enjoy fellowship with other families. Many more people than you might think, all over the world, meet together as churches in house to house ministry.

I've served Christ and His church on both sides of the pulpit. I've met with people in big auditoriums and across kitchen tables. I've taught Bible studies in houses and in restaurants. I've come to know that church isn't an organization, a denomination, a program or thing we do Sundays. It's the body of Christ and as believers, we are all members of that body. Jesus Christ did not come in the flesh, minister on earth, die on a cross and raise from the dead so we could wear the title of Christian and sit on a pew. He also didn't structure His church to be run like a corporation with pastors as CEOs. But that's what we've been taught for a few generations now and it's what most of us think church is all about.

In an effort to share much of what I've learned and experienced, I created this website to offer some insights into a more fulfilling experience in God and His church. I plan to use this website as a platform to host audios, videos, and writings to point others back to the scriptures where we can find the answers we're all looking for.

I don't claim to be an expert about God and church. But God gave us His Word and like you, I can read. He's given us instructions on how to assemble together, church structure, discipline, and growth. And it's very different than how many churches function today in America.

Parting Ways ~ A Christian Fiction Novel

I decided to mix together some of my life and ministry experiences into a work of fiction that isn't too far from real. Parting Ways tells of a young, ambitious minister who must choose between following God or following the denomination he's grown up in.

The story touches on the interesting topic of churches meeting in homes like the early believers did in the New Testament. I invite you to visit my author website for more information on the book including a video book trailer. Purchase your copy off the website and save 10% over the Amazon.com price!