The House Church Book : Rediscover the Dynamic, Organic, Relational, Viral Community Jesus Started

In a world where the church is being ignored, it is time to bring the church to the people, and not the people to the church, says researcher and church strategy consultant Wolfgang Simson. His book Houses that Change the World (originally published in the UK) is widely recognized as a classic of the house church movement. Now revised as The House Church Book , this definitive work offers a comprehensive understanding of the past, present, and future of the house church movement—and the vital role of “ordinary” people in saturating the world with God’s truth. Tyndale House Publishers Preface: A vision too good to be true -- Theses towards a re-incarnation of church -- Introduction: People with principles, not methods the reinvention of church -- Discovering a church we never knew -- House churches in history -- Into the dark ages and back again -- The nature of house churches -- What they are, what they do, and how they function -- The fivefold ministry -- God's resources for multiplying house churches -- House church or cell church? -- Reasons house churches are the natural solution -- No progress without change -- How to avoid doing the new in the power of the old -- All change is practical -- The last step you want to take determines your next step -- QSQ -- How to think quality structure quantity -- Fathering the next generation -- Who will do all the work? -- Models of church multiplication -- How to plant churches without manufacturing them -- Starfish church planting -- How a decentralized revolution will change the world "In a world where the church is being ignored, it is time to bring the church to the people, and not the people to the church, says researcher and church strategy consultant Wolfgang Simson. His book Houses that Change the World (originally published in the UK) is widely recognized as a classic of the house church movement. Now revised as The House Church Book, this definitive work offers a comprehensive understanding of the past, present, and future of the house church movement--and the vital role of "ordinary" people in saturating the world with God's truth."--Publishers description