This session will continue on from our first part. The crucial Step 4 is for a church to go from a Clergy-led Ministry to a Laity-led Ministry. This one will continue on looking at another 5 points. 4. Laity-led Ministry is Family rather than Business One picture that constantly comes up for church is that… Read More »From Clergy to Laity part 2
At the end of last session we were left looking at the church as a A Small gathering (10-20), Meeting in homes.But that just leaves one with a description of something called “Cell Church”. The Cell church model is this idea that you will have little gatherings that meet in homes, but they are collectively… Read More »From Centralization to Decentralization
We have seen that the western world has changed dramatically. It has become much like a Wild West, where many cultures have exploded into one location doing their own thing. Yet, throughout this change the church has continued to do church in the same way. This series, called Wide Margin, is to show a new,… Read More »From Halls to Homes
We have seen that the cultural field has changed from a Central field to a Margin field. The problem is that much of how we do church has been built into a central way of thinking. But instead of the church changing to connect with the culture of the day, they have continued in the… Read More »From Few to Many