I recently discovered author Tim Kurtz, founder of Ekklesia Center Ministries. His book, Leaving Church Becoming Ekklesia, is really impactful; you can read an excerpt here. The excerpt below is from his new book Boots on the Ground. The book ultimately encourages people to get training through his ministry, but it’s still worth a read. […]
I was disappointed reading What If Jesus Was Serious About The Church by Skye Jethani. Skye has some great observations about the shortcomings of the institutional church but there is no sense of how change would be implemented or any mention of an alternate way of meeting or doing life together. A quote from the […]
Milt Rodriguez writes that itinerant workers are needed to securely plant a relational gathering. Starting a gathering is one thing, planting is another. Milt’s book Starting Organic Churches, expresses this concept in detail. Written in 2016, it’s a short book and most of the links are broken. I don’t agree with everything in the book […]
I read the Amazon review of this book by Bob Whitesel and have posted it below. I am not recommending this book. Don’t be fooled by the title. Although well written, the subject matter is more about hierarchical, programme driven, ‘expert’ led old wineskin churches and their wanderings and self imposed difficulties, rather than the […]
I really enjoyed reading Leaving Church Becoming Ekklesia by Tim Kurtz. The author talks in depth about the true meaning of the word “Ekklesia” and how and why the word “church” ended up replacing it in the Bible. Concerning the word church, Tim writes… “We have embraced and perpetuated a culture around a single word. […]
I love Acts 2:42. Most of the relational fellowships I visit go heavy on the “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching” and not so much on the “breaking of bread”. When brothers and sisters sit at the same table, eat and fellowship, something supernatural happens. Relational fellowships work best when all four elements are well […]
The majority of books on House Church were published 25-35 years ago so it’s delightful to find a recently published book. It’s even more delightful when the book is worth reading and full of wisdom. Rex Whitman’s book House Church Now was published in 2023 and I highly recommend it. The excerpt below is about […]
