Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.
Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.