The Robert Treat Deli has been a long term supporter of Anchor of Hope House Church in Westfield, NJ. The Kasich family and all their employees at Robert Treat have welcomed the ministry of the House Church, even taking Prayer requests from their customers and other business owners in the downtown area, which they then pass
Kennedy Nyangacha is a House Church Planter who immigrated here from Kenya. There are several languages spoken in Kenya; but Swahili is used by almost everyone in Kenya as well as other East African nations. House Churches are very relational. One of the challenges which must be addressed is speaking the truth in
This past week, I was blessed to continue a conversation with Pr. Mike Ruhl who is with the Center for US Missions. The Center for US Missions is a ministry within the LCMS whose goal it is to help the planting of our churches. I myself went through their Church Planter training in 1998.
This Advent, I am privileged to help out with Wednesday night worship services at my family’s congregation- Redeemer Lutheran Church in Westfield, NJ. This past Wednesday service was special in part because two House Church Planters were in worship together. Edna McClure is helping to plant Anchor of Hope House Church in the
Black Ministry in Michigan is centered around Detroit and Flint. However, quite large numbers of African Americans and many other minorities live in Grand Rapids. Closing the only substantially diverse congregation in this small metro area was painful. Praying for workers in Grand Rapids after a September Black Ministry conference in Detroit finally produced fruit
After a year of developing relationships with three single moms whose church closed, a Nam vet just out of jail, and an Ethiopian immigrant by informally teaching leadership of a house church, two such plants began this month. How they will grow and mature is uncertain, but one lesson is clear. Do not stop praying
What would you think about planting a house church with the series “The Story”? It divides the history of the whole Bible into 31 lessons that include great summary videos and children’s lessons and adult study guides. Having experienced four of the chapters at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, CA, while visiting my son
Read Malachi 4:1-2closeMalachi 4:1-2 The Great Day of the Lord 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Read 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17close2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Stand Firm 13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you
The twenty-first century ekklesia is growing vibrantly through house churches. The global shift of God’s Kingdom is to the south and east as documented by Phillip Jenkins in his recent book, The Next Christendom. This new surge of mission outreach began as China closed its doors to missionaries seventy years ago and the underground church
