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With Simple Church, everyday life is the mission trip! Our mission field is right here in our own neighborhoods.
SIMPLE CHURCH AT house- A BIBLICAL MODEL
It is the model of the New Testament Church established by the Lord Jesus and multiplied by the Disciples, which is the Simple Church at House.
This model of church is based on the book of Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:42-47), emphasizing biblical teaching, community food, prayer, community development and building lasting relationships and discipleship.
- “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer”. Acts 2:42. (KJV)
- “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart”. Acts 2:46. (KJV)
- “Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved”. Acts 2:47. (KJV)
In doing so, we believe that each Simple Church at House will experience growth in numerical quantity and spiritual quality to the extent that it is reflected in the life model of the New Testament Church of the Book of Acts.
WHAT IS A SIMPLE CHURCH AT house?
“32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…36 If the Son therefore shall makeyou free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:32,36.
- A church free of the temple, free of denomination, free of hierarchies, free of cults, free of religious dictatorships, free of doctrines, free of liturgies, free of rites and free of religious traditions. Simply, SIMPLE CHURCH.
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Simple Church at House, is a community of believers or disciples that establishes and reproduces the Church Model of the New Testament. Emphasizing these four pillars of the Simple Church at House:
1) Biblical teaching (Teaching of the Apostles).
2) Prayer and worship, (Worship).
3) Community food and community development (Community Life).
4) Building lasting relationships. (Serving others). - Simple Church at House, is a disciple church that has the purpose of forming disciples who in turn are trainers of other disciples to share the Gospel of the kingdom in word and deed.
- Simple Church at House is a community of believers or disciples who meet in houses to help each other in spiritual growth and the fulfillment of the evangelical mission just as the first Christians did during the first 300 years.
- Simple Church at House is directed and supervised by lay brothers trained as Simple Church Planters at House who are on the front line.
- Simple Church at House is made up of people who, upon receiving Jesus as their Master, become disciples willing to reproduce the character of their master in their lives.
- Simple Church at House is made up of people who, upon receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord of their lives, become servants willing to submit their will to the will of the Lord to expand the kingdom of heaven with the interest of “Seeking and Saving the man lost in sin.”
- Simple Church at House is the smallest church in the world (because it has a family of brothers in the faith, between 12-24 believers and disciples). It is also the largest church in the world (because it is united to the Global Network of simple churches in houses around the world).
- At Simple Church at House, everyday life is a missionary journey! Our missionary field is here in our neighborhood.
- Simple Church at House is a Global Network of Simple Churches in Houses around the world.
- Simple Church at House is the Church of the end times, it is the Church that will transform the world.
Where Truth-seeking is normal
In simple church at house
We CONNECT lay people with other Truth-seekers, no matter what their faith or no-faith background has been.
We HELP lay people sort through the myriad of non-biblical church traditions that have slowly
worked their way into popular Christianity and institutional churches.
We NETWORK lay people with other Simple Church planters around the world.
In simple church at house
At Simple Church at House we consider people are precious; they are made in God’s image, worth His lifeblood. Therefor we…
- Protect their dignity.
- Respect their opinions.
- Welcome their differences.
- Learn with them and from them.
- Support God’s work in their lives.
- Hold sacred their freedom of conscience.
In simple church at house
No stage,
no prestige,
no political power
and no board meetings.
No ladder to climb,
No monetary gain
and no titles.
Just hard & humble work
that makes a significant Kingdom difference.
This front-line missionary work focuses on reaching secular and/or unchurched people, introducing them to the Eternal Gospel of the kingdom of Jesus. This is done by fostering a casual, non-intimidating environment to welcome truth seekers and support them in their individual spiritual growth.
While this type of “church” may feel different or new to those of us more familiar with traditional church, this model of fellowship and worship was responsible for the wildfire-like spread of the Gospel Message in the New Testament era. The Simple Church at House exists to go back to the New Testament model of discipleship, nurture, and church planting.
There have been several other modern terms for this type of church, such as House Church, House Church, Organic Church, House Meeting, etc. For this particular Global Network of house churches, the name Simple Church at House was chosen. And www.IglesiaSencillaEnCasa.org will link you directly to this network.
Simple Church at House trains CORE4 missionaries to reach the mission fields where they live. Just as the Apostle Paul mentored others to become leaders and share the Gospel in their own spheres of influence, Simple Church at House strives to train leaders to continue this proven method of discipleship.
Current research suggests that sixty percent (60%) of Americans are not willing to walk into your local church just because it is a church. Yes, you read that correctly. This means that all denominations are reading out to 40% of the population. But what about the 60%? Simple Church at House focuses on reaching the 60%. These are secular and/or unchurched people – the “nones and dones” who are now referred to as church refugees. During a given gathering, 51% of those attending Simple Church gathering are secular and/or unchurched. Given the current cultural shift, it is time to again use our homes as centers of influence. Start the online training.
Absolutely. Simple Church at House upholds the Sola Scriptura principle, that the Bible alone is enough. Our reasons for facilitating this movement are based on biblical principles and examples.
Most of the specific mentions of a house church are in the New Testament after Jesus’ resurrection. In fact, the book of Acts begins in a house in Jerusalem (Acts 1:4, 13) and ends in a house in Rome (Acts 28:30). Additionally, the Apostle Paul makes several greetings to “the church that meets in [person]’s home” all throughout his epistles.
Simple Church at House is intentional about keeping its infrastructure simple, though not simplistic. We ask questions like, “What are the bare essentials?” “How much is necessary to share the Everlasting Gospel?” “What hinders a grassroots, lay-led movement?” Simple Church at House is bottom-up in its leadership structure, as compared to institutional, top-down leadership. Mahatma Gandhi understood this principle when he said, “There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.” The missionary planters within the Simple Church at House Global Network are equipped through the CORE4 missionary training. For a new Simple Church at House plant or an existing house church to become a Simple Church at House, its missionaries complete two phases of CORE4 training and be linked with a CORE4 peer coach. In traditional church structure, leadership often scurries to keep up with what God is doing on the front lines. Simple Church at House’s bottom-up method provides a way for church leaders and Simple Church at House planters to work alongside each other toward a shared message without the time-consuming red tape that inevitably comes with a top-down structure. In other words, since Simple Church at House grows its coaching leaders, it does not “departmentalize” leadership. Coaches who are actively on the front lines of their missionary work operate on a high level of integrity that also yields a high level of authenticity where privilege and responsibility go hand in hand
Mission-minded lay people started Simple Church at House as a grassroots movement to uphold the New Testament church model, support the priesthood of all believers, and share the Everlasting Gospel of kingdom. According to the latest church attendance statistics and trends, this NT model happens best in a house church setting, which allows laypeople to do all the work of disciple-making (Matt. 28:18-20).
While this idea may feel “new” to those of us who grew up in a traditional church, house churches were the norm in early Christianity as believers shared the Gospel of Christ within secular cultures around the world. Simple Church decided it was time to come full circle.