But I’m not a qualified pastor. J Izzy
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Izzy, you say home churches are hard to find...but I'll bet there'sone in your living room just waiting for you and your friends to attend! >From: "ShieldsFamily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Practical Issues relative to House Churches >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:32:00 -0500 > >Bruce, regretfully we seem to have gotten off the issue of home churches. >To me they are the ideal, but not easy to find (impossible?). So many "home >churches" are run by kooks (I won't mention the one I have in mind at this >moment, but you know who he is!), making it hard to discern whether it is >even safe to try one out. > > > > Meantime, I think it is better to worship in an organized setting than not >at all. It isn't all bad, either--lots of good stuff happening! We worship >at a non-denom on Sunday, and a Messianic synagogue on Saturday. Do you >think it was wrong of Jews to have temples (other than the one in >Jerusalem?). Do you think they should have confined themselves to home >churches? Don't you think the Original, 1st Century Believers worshipped in >temples/synagogues? Izzy > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Woodford >Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:32 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Practical Issues relative to House Churches > > > >Hi Laura, > > > >You wrote:"Believe me if my church taught false doctrine I'd be looking for > > >another place to worship." > > > >Dear Sister, does your church teach and practice: > >-that the church is to be lead by the pastor? > >-that the pastor is hired and paid by the church? > >-that the church building is to be maintained from the collection which > >scripture says is to be for poor saints? > >-that believers are to tithe to support the pastor and the church programs? > >-that in regular church gatherings the congregation is to be silent and > >listen to sermons from the pastor? > >-that church members are to be accountable to the pastor or other church > >leaders? > > > >If any of these doctrines are believed and taught in your church, there is > >very prominent false doctrine. (All of these practices are not only > >unscriptural, they are contrary to scripture!) > > > >The church is to be lead by Christ, the Head. > >Shepherds are never hired, paid nor fired by the sheep! Shepherds are > >appointed by the Owner of the sheep and their needs are met as they labour > >with their own hands. Acts 20:28-35 > > > >New covenant saints have no sanctified buildings to maintain! Collections > >are for poor saints. I Cor.16:1,2 and II Cor.8 and 9 > > > >Tithing has absolutely nothing to do with new covenant saints or new > >covenant churches! > > > >When new covenant saints assemble together they are NOT to be silent, but > >are rather to provoke one another to love and to good works, they are to > >exhort one another, they are to edify one another etc. Heb.10:24,25 > > > >All believers are accountable to God alone for their assignments and for the > > >evaluation of their service. Rom.14:12. Even those who lead are > >accountable to God and must give account to Him. Heb.13:17 > > > >But sister, please do not go looking for another "place"!!!! We are not > >called to find a "place"! Old covenant woship HAD to be in the right PLACE > >because God put His name in ONE PLACE and if you didn't worship there you > >were in the wrong PLACE! > > > >But new covenant worship is not in places. God no longer dwells in temples > >made with hands. He now dwells in PERSONS. He dwells in His people and they > > >dwell in Him! Christians do not GO TO CHURCH, we ARE THE CHURCH where ever > >we go! Our responsibilility is to recognize other believers and build > >relationships with each other in our normal activities and normal gathering > >places. That is why new covenant believers gathered in homes! There was a > >church in Aquila and Priscilla's home, a church in Philemon's home, a church > > >in Nymphas' home, prayer meetings in homes, breaking bread from house to > >house etc etc. > > > >Far better to simply look for other believers who live within a few blocks > >of your home (or if you live in the country- within a few miles of your > >home) and seek to build relationships with them. Pray with them, eat with > >them, sing with them, encourage each other in the Word, when you find some > >among them who are in need, give to them. " By this shall all men know that > >ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another." > > > >The hallmark of new covenant ministry of saints is reciprocal "one > >anothering"! Loving one another, praying for one another, confessing faults > > >one to another, edifying one another, exhorting one another, bear one > >another's burdens etc etc. > > > >Your brother in Christ, > >Bruce > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > >---------- > >"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know >how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) >http://www.InnGlory.org > > > >If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a >friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > >
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