The Home Christian's Handbook
The Home Christian's Handbook
by Gordon Coulson
by Gordon Coulson
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This handbook has been developed through extensive house church experience over many years. Its purpose is to help Christians in their understanding and use of the Bible, and to assist them in forming and caring for their own home groups.
You are free to copy and distribute this book. However, no changes to the content or sales of the book in whole or in part are permitted without the author's consent.
Chapter 2 - Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Chapter 6 - Patterns and Practices
Appendix A - Reasoning from the Scriptures
Appendix B - The Holy Spirit, God's Will in Action
Appendix C - Baptism and the Memorial
Video Series based on the Home Christian's Handbook published by CDMI.org
Video Series based on the Home Christian's Handbook published by CDMI.org
Many people today are searching for more meaningful Christian fellowship. Some belong to a traditional church but are not getting their spiritual needs met. Others are looking for a church that ...
In Part I, we looked at the house church as the standard meeting place for fellowship in the first century. We saw that these meetings were dynamic and interactive: all members participated, gifts ...
In Part II, we saw that a typical house church will go through four stages of growth: forming, storming, norming and performing. We noted that conflict will invariably arise, and that rather ...
Our house churches are often comprised of people from various backgrounds, and questions of doctrine will undoubtedly emerge. How can we stay united in Christ and avoid destructive debates...
These articles have been written to help address the need for fellowship for those that cannot find it locally. Parts I through III discussed aspects of starting and maintaining house churches. This ...
In previous articles, we looked at the need for the house church, group dynamics, the “organic” nature of home Christianity, leadership questions, and doctrinal issues. In this article, we...
The Road Ahead So, you are now part of a functioning house church. You and your friends enjoy the routine of regular meetings. You have successfully passed several crisis points—like that ...
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