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Start A Church, Look For A Church, Or Preach The Gospel? Listen to Audio!

6/2/2013

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I get emails from all over the world. One question that I see frequently is if I know of a home church in a particular area. Great question, but the short answer is no. I don't have a directory of house churches. And since most churches that meet in houses don't have websites or a listing in the phone book, it might be difficult to track one down. 

This situation along with other promptings in my heart have compelled me to go back into the scriptures about starting churches or even looking for churches. Most of us have been taught to go look for a church if we move to a new area or if we feel to change where we fellowship. If we have a traditional ministry background, we may consider starting a church. But is that what the Bible tells us to do? Did Jesus Christ commission his disciples to go into all the world and start churches?


This isn't a trick question at all. As a matter of fact, it might be an "A-ha" moment. If you left a denominational church, why did you leave? Why did you leave the comfort of your own pew for something else? Let me further bait the hook with this: If you left because you didn't agree with teachings coming over the pulpit or from headquarters, is it possible there are many more things yet to be revealed to us as we dig into the scriptures for ourselves? I believe there is. Many wonderful things!
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This home church journey for me has been a bit of a wilderness experience - but a needful one. God has been faithfully showing me some basic truths in dry places. The bummer is that I'm a slow learner. The praise is the lights are finally on and someone is home! I realize it's easy to get the cart before the horse and overlook some important basics. Rather than write all this out, I've created a short audio for you. It's less than 10 minutes long and may be as eye opening to you as it was to me. You might see a whole new answer to the question of looking for a church or starting one...


If you skipped over the audio, please go back and listen. I'd like to get your thoughts on all this and to know if this makes sense to you from the scriptures. Should we look for another church? Should we seek to start a church? What does the Bible say? What do you say?

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6 Comments
Cindy Martinez
6/2/2013 02:02:23 pm

Most churches have groups that meet in homes. If anyone asks, they can find them on church websites.

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Jennifer
6/8/2013 07:46:50 am

Yes, well said! hmmm, also reminds me A LOT of the wisdom imparted through your book, "Parting Ways."
I'm looking forward to your upcoming audios and videos.
Thanks, Pat, for putting this "out there."

Que Dios te bendiga!
Jennifer

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David
6/9/2013 01:43:48 pm

From 8:09 forward in your audio.... Enough said... Hope you are doing well . D

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Anthony
7/16/2013 05:18:31 am

You answered an unnderlying question I had because I am KJV only and the fact that you mentioned it helped greatly. Thank you.

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Zainab
10/29/2017 10:08:50 am

Well I think with the help of the gym spirit we can preach and teach the gospel of the kingdom. The holy spirit is our biggest helper. Remember Jesus said to his dimples not to bring any script and that He would give them what to say.

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Allen
1/3/2018 09:04:14 am

Providentially your thoughts perfectly coincided with a Bible study I was in this morning. I absolutely agree that starting a church seems to be a shortcut to get to the fruitfulness that truly would only happen if you started planning seeds and watch those develop and Obey what God directed his people throughout all the ages and that is to be fruitful and multiply. And I think if
any of us were to go out to "start a church" we would be tempted to follow a set method... the five points of Calvin for the Reformers, the five steps of salvation of the Restoration movement, the five methods of worship by many Evangelicals. All of these might be good and valuable but when we are duty bound to a method then we tend to push everything in the Bible through those narrow filters which has created all kinds of wrong theologies and subsequently divisions. I really think you're on to something... maybe so many that left a "church" (that somehow was defined as a building) was because it lacked so much of the deep love, satisfaction, and fulfillment from growing together in a garden rather than trying to purchase the fruit from the institutionalized grocery store with all the big banners suggesting deliciousness and instant fulfillment. I hear you encouraging us to go back to the Eden of the gospel before the serpent decieved us with ways we could become spiritual god's... and while I struggle with incorporating that into my life I know with all my heart that being content to plant and water and let God give the increase is the only true path of submitting to His will. Great thoughts.

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