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Any Michigan or Northern Indiana people on here?
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Commit to pray 5 min. a day for Christ-centered organic churches.
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I bought the book a couple of years ago. I'm not much of a reader myself but I could not put this book down. I've all ways notice that there was some thing wrong with system of Church and this book open my eyes to the root of the system it…
Anthony Ehrhardt commented on Ryan Huling's group 'Pagan Christianity Book discussion'
My story with Pagan Christianity:I got the book when Frank self published, around 2003 or so (It was a green book). I was a pastor but doing some of my own bible reading I was having many issues with the idea of clergy (I read the entire book of…
Reimagine Church
My family and I (my wife and 3 kids ages4,7 and 10) have left the Institutional church about I and a half years ago as of 6-5-10. At this point we are searching and praying for other parts of the body to connect with in our community. I am understanding this to be a journey. My focus now is on; building relationships with those I know and fostering new ones. Learning how to live in Christ daily.
Frank Viola's books have energized me in this process.As well as meeting other like minded folks online through various social networking sites. Wayne Jacobsen and the God Journey podcasts have also proved a great help to me in the process. It has been difficult but the Lord gives hope and help at just the right time. "Every time I'm down the Lord lifts me up."
Sometimes I think we're crazy but in my heart of hearts I know that I am wired by God for an "organic" expression of Christ's body. Until we find this we will not reach our potential in God's kingdom. We need each other. I look forward to connecting with folks on here. I love to hear other's stories about their journey into the Organic church. I'd love to connect with those that have organic groups going and hear your progress and how things work a bit.
We have never really experienced meeting under the headship of Christ before. Sure would like to learn how to do that. We have left the Instittutional Church to learn how to be the body of Christ with others.
Frank Viola's books have energized me in this process.As well as meeting other like minded folks online through various social networking sites. Wayne Jacobsen and the God Journey podcasts have also proved a great help to me in the process. It has been difficult but the Lord gives hope and help at just the right time. "Every time I'm down the Lord lifts me up."
Sometimes I think we're crazy but in my heart of hearts I know that I am wired by God for an "organic" expression of Christ's body. Until we find this we will not reach our potential in God's kingdom. We need each other. I look forward to connecting with folks on here. I love to hear other's stories about their journey into the Organic church. I'd love to connect with those that have organic groups going and hear your progress and how things work a bit.
We have never really experienced meeting under the headship of Christ before. Sure would like to learn how to do that. We have left the Instittutional Church to learn how to be the body of Christ with others.
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Be a Man! but just be quiet about it
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:07pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Could the organic/simple church growth be due to the fact that men are not too keen on the feminimity associated with many institutional church settings?
Men are hardly allowed to be men in most "churches." There is a sense of…
Continue It doesn't Matter Where You Worship but How you Worship.
Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:52am 0 Comments 0 Likes
(a paraphrase of a portion of John 4: 19-24)
The Lesbian woman says," Why is it you religious people insist that your church is the only place of worship ?"
Jesus Replied,"The time is coming when it will no longer…
Continue I am not against the Church or going to church
Posted on August 16, 2010 at 3:10pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
I am against the idea that there is anything particularly holy or sacred about simply going to a weekly meeting; listening to a speech, singing a few songs, and patting Brother Joe on the back and pretending to be his bud.
I am…
Continue The Bigger the Flashier the Better! Right!?
Posted on August 13, 2010 at 2:24pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
I read somewhere that God uses the weak and foolish things to confound the wise. I also remember reading that God does not judge by outward appearances but looks at the heart. I also read that out of the heart springs the issues of…
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- At 7:31pm on February 6, 2009,
Gottalife said… - Hi Ryan,
Welcome.
I pray the Lord will bless you here as well as seeing you participate in fellowship here.
Any Questions we are here to help.
Look forward to knowing you more
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- At 7:34pm on February 6, 2009,
Kenny Russell said… - Hi Ryan - How are you?
great to see you here and look forward to what the Lord has for all of us.
- At 12:22am on February 14, 2009,
Irene said…
- Hi Ryan,
I don't know of any organic churches here. This is new to me in a sense. But the way I got started was that God gave me a writing when I was taking a bible class and I knew it would disturb my pastor but he asked me to share it anyway. He only ended up giving it his interpretation. It was called "Home Based Ministry". One of my friends thought I was a heretic and that I wanted to destroy the institutional church. This was not and is not my desire but I saw a ministry of the Lord stemming from peoples homes that would heal the wounded, be a refuge and get the gospel back into the streets. It would not remain in one home but would grow from neighborhood to neighborhood. I didn't know all of the details but I felt the Lord was saying don't worry about it now. Since that time about a year ago I was sitting in my church and the Lord dropped the name, "Communities in Harvest" into my spirit. Still don't know what to do with it.
I'm glad to know that I'm not crazy after all. I have seen so many problems in how we do church that I thought I would never be part of a church again but I miss God's people. I am looking forward to learning more about organic church.
- At 10:20pm on February 17, 2009,
Sylvia Suhr said…
- Hello Ryan,
Thanks for your post on my site.
I have been hearing God say for some time now that there is a transition from the man made set up of church to getting back to the pattern of the early church that Jesus showed us.
I have been listening to Wayne Jacobsen and others who are also believing the same thing.
http://www.lifestream.org/index.html
I still attend an Apostolic church here in Australia but believe that God is leading me out very soon.
Love and blessings to you as you walk in obedience to the will of God.
Sylvia
- At 2:26am on March 2, 2009,
David Webb said… - Hi Ryan,
Good to connect ... It's Clean Monday here in Greece - a Bank Holiday... and so we all have to go fly kites to ward off the evil spirits of winter!
This is the Orthodox church for you!
Have a good week!
- At 12:13pm on March 4, 2009,
Eric and Kim Lee said…
- Hi Ryan,
Thanks for welcoming us. We know how hard it is to sometimes detox from the IC. But when we left we actually had a wonderful church body that we had just moved from. I encourage you in your detox time, not to go completely negative on the IC...and I don't know if you have or not...but I see/hear that from a lot of people.
We do organic church because we are all about reaching those who would never come to a regular church, and house church now become our favorite way to gather for corporate worship and fellowship. We love the amount of time we have to pour into our friends who haven't discovered the love of Jesus. One thing I don't miss is having to spend so much time AT church or WITH other believers. While it was great fun, we had very few non-believing friends. Life now is very different.
So I will pray for you and your wife as you go on this amazing journey that you will find God's heart for your family.
Many blessings,
Kim
- At 9:40am on March 7, 2009,
Steve said… - Thank you for the birthday greeting. I had a great day.
- At 11:41am on March 9, 2009,
Robert Ricciardelli said… - Thanks Ryan, feel free and connect with us. God bless
- At 2:39pm on March 10, 2009,
Kenny Russell said…
- HI Ryan,
Love what you are up too!
What is with is new picture of you? :-)
- At 4:00pm on March 18, 2009,
Kenny Russell said…
- How are you brother?
Just working towards the next few radio shows and was praying for you and family.
I am getting ready to go to PA next week, looking forward to getting on the road on a long distance drive. Love it! Will be in Harrisburg, DC, and Delaware. Going to call it the Holy Spirit week, will be taking recording gear for some on the spot radio shows also.
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I don't know of any books off the top of my head, but I know they're out there.
One place to start is the following link:
Tithing Article
I'll find some more resources to share with you as time allows.
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Michael Hartson replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Very interesting. If you know of some book or material that dives a little deeper into the subject, I would appreciate it. Send my a message if you know of anything.
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Darrell Meeks replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Michael,
I certainly understand what you're saying. Very few ministers ever speak the TRUTH about the tithe.
In OT times, the tithe was the inheritance of the Levites who were not allowed to make a living by any means as was common among the…
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Jossimar, bienvenido al blog de MHI, espero que aqui encuentres informacion relevante sobre como desarrollar discipulos, lideres e iglesias utilizando una proceso estrategico simple/organico. Bendiciones!
Michael Hartson replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
I have seen a lot of sermons on the tithing, or giving; some of them very strange. I remember some time a go when my adult daughter was a teen, and going through a very difficult time, was being hauled off in a police car. We called the pastor…
Michael Hartson replied to Joshua Westcott's discussion 'Challenges of the Small Town'
yes, Quite true. "Doing Church" in house with out the Organic content, is just switching buildings. We as people tend to compartmentalize areas of our life. Church in this part, school in this part, marriage in this part,…
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Darrell Meeks replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Amen to that.
It's also of interes that those who had, for example, only nine lambs or calves born in a year, they were not required to hand over anything.
One thing I will say is that I thoroughly appreciate the OT system of…
Catherine Seebald replied to Joshua Westcott's discussion 'Challenges of the Small Town'
You're so right, Darrell! Many of the house churches I'm familiar with are not organic expressions of church but are really just institutional church in miniature. As Frank Viola says, organic church (OC) is one of the most…
Michael Hartson commented on Jim London's blog post 'What do we do when there is no group to join?'
When I think about the most significant points in my Christian walk, they did not take place in an organized, institutionalized environment. It was incidental to my world, but wholly intentional by God.
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Sure, it's intentional. God is responsible for the Results, we are responsible for the action. God asks us to share our lives, talk to others about him, love others. Who gets saved, or what a person does or does not do or what…
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