We come to the final step in the process. This step, if not taken, will put stress on all the other steps. But if taken, the implications have no limits. It’s all got to do with expansion. We have seen that we want to start church small rather than big. But does that entail that you continue to be small? No. The church must expand.… Read More »Add to Multiply
This step, I believe, is one of the most difficult to get your head around. This, at first glance, seems to run against the grain of what our culture wants today. But deep down, I believe that this culture craves this step and more importantly, needs this step. We have seen that when a church comes together, there are many elements to be done in… Read More »Short to Long
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 part of a larger church, a larger gathering where all… Read More »Dependence to Independence
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, though old way of doing church that can connect to… Read More »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 same fashion. Not only is it not connecting with the… Read More »Big to Small