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Victor Choudhrie is a cancer surgeon by profession. He is a Senior Fellow of the American and British Colleges
of Surgeons. He left his medical work in 1992 to take up a full-time church planting ministry in central India.
His wife, Bindu, is also in a full-time church planting ministry, equipping women to be house church leaders and
trainers. They now have disciples making disciples in some 40 countries. In the year from Pentecost 2009 to
Pentecost 2010, over 1 million people were baptized through their ministry partners. Many grassroots leaders have
been trained, who have subsequently planted tens of thousands of house churches across India and abroad. Victor’s
books include The Ekklesia: The Church In Your House, The Apostolic Gardens, The Prayer Warrior, Teaching
Cards, and From Mega Church to Meta (Beyond) Church soon to be published. Electronic copies of his books are
available for $10 U.S. via PayPal. Contact: GreetTheEkklesia@gmail.com


9,>90;,;/,16) a minimum of organization. Luke 10:5-9; +0:7,5:,>0;/>(-,9(5+
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ing, by encouraging them to practice the :4(33.(;/,905.: together with glad hearts, so the Lord
priesthood of all believers with authority The Bride of Christ must have intimacy can add to His numbers daily. The Lord
to baptize, break bread and equip fishers with her Lord every day, not only for a served roast lamb, bitter herbs, bread and
of men. He or she must model a flat church couple of hours a week, lest she become wine ‘in a house’ for the Last Supper. Fa-
structure wherein brothers and sisters unfaithful. However, discourage cross- ther God had lunch with Abraham under
submit to one another, pray one for anoth- gender disciple-making, lest chemistry a tree and discussed Sarah’s pregnancy,
er, serve one another, exhort, forgive and fouls things up. Acts 2:46-47; Heb. 3:13. Sodom’s ruin and Lot’s rescue plan. Acts
love each other. John 13:34,35; Matt.18:21- 2:46,47; 1 Cor.11:20-23; Gen. 18.
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‘God does not dwell in temples made by that God is going to work a work among melody in their hearts to the Lord. OT
human hands’; rather He dwells in hu- the nations through you which will leave worship required the sacrifice of four-
man hearts. For we are the mobile walk- you utterly amazed, and also provide re- footed beasts, the NT celebrates by offer-
ing and talking temples of the living sources for it. Deut. 8:17-18; Acts 5:32-34; ing two-legged Gentiles as a living sac-
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rifice. The meta church is a discipling hub
and not a singing club. Eph 5:19; Col 3:16;
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Empower men, women and youth, to get the
dragon off the driver’s seat. We, the seed of
Abraham are blessed, “with multiplying I
will multiply you and your seed will possess
the gates of the enemy”. 1 Cor.14:26-31; Acts
13:13, 18:4; Gen. 22:17,18; Gal. 3:27-29.
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churches and fill the earth. Gen. 24:60; Isa.
54:1-5; Acts 1:8.
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vides clergy from layman. Like Melchizedek,
the royal priest of Salem (city of peace),
who served bread and wine, took tithe and
blessed Abraham, bring godly governance to
your city. Catch the vision of cloning royal-
priests for every city and run with it. 1 Pet.
2:9; Rev.5:10; Hab.2:1-3; Isa. 9:6-7; Gen.14:18.
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vision into action plans to ‘do greater things
than these’. Armed with maps, stats and
the Great Commission, go two by two and
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Instead of bringing everyone under one
a thousand meta churches. John 14:12; Acts
roof, have them gather under a thousand
roofs, just like the mega church at Jerusa-
16:5; Luke 10:1, 2; Isa 60:22.
lem planted meta churches across Judea, Sa-
maria, Antioch, Corinth, Rome and beyond
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dead, tread on snakes and scorpions (expel
demons), bind the ‘strongman’, plunder his
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A healthy mature female (Bride) implies
until ‘the kingdoms of this world have be-
that she is ready to have babies. Rebecca the
come the Kingdom of our Lord and His
Bride of Isaac was blessed by her family to
have millions of children. The time has come
Christ’. Matt. 11:12; 12:29; 16:18,19; Mark
for the Bride of Christ to stretch her tent to
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like Director, Chairman, CEO, and Secre-
tary, by appointing five-fold ministry-gifted
Elders, like apostles, prophets, evange-
lists, shepherds and teachers, as equippers.
Healthy feeding and leading will keep the
flock healthy and fertile and build bridges
with the ‘other sheep which are not of this
fold.’ Eph. 4:11; Tit.1:5-9; John 10:16.
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churches. They must make disciples who
baptize, break bread, equip laborers and
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matching (wedding) and dispatching (funer-
al), and replace them with sheep who take
care of the hungry, thirsty, naked, strangers,
sick and prisoners. Culling the non-produc-
tive sheep is an integral part of the ‘best
practices’ of sheep rearing. God chose David
to shepherd Israel because he took care of
“ewes great with young”. Matt. 25:31-46; Psa.
78:70-72.
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Get a Bible and invite a couple of truth-
seekers for a meal where the main dish is the
Lamb. Redefine authentic church as wher-
ever two or three friends meet to eat, gossip
the gospel, and to multiply. Meta church is
the most cost-effective strategy for city pen-
etration and reaching the ends of the earth.
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those who oppose. The lost of this world do
not need scholars as much as they need spir-
itual fathers and mothers who bring many
spiritual sons and daughters to glory. Acts
20:20,27; Tit. 1:9; 1 Cor. 4:15; 2 Tim.2:2; Heb.
2:10.
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Your business, workplace or home, wherever
you spend most of your time, is your ‘prima-
ry nuclear church’. It matters little whether
you are the CEO, or the janitor or the kitchen
queen, you are a full-time minister there and
accountable. Adam and Eve were account-
able for the Garden of Eden and they failed.
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your holy hands to pray everywhere’ and
equip you to make Christ ‘high and lifted up’
in your home, workplace and neighborhood
is not worth going to. 1 Tim. 2:8; Isa. 6:1.
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equipped and sent out. Aim to become a mil-
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to believe in a great and awesome God for
whom nothing is impossible. At the very least,
like Peter, shoot for 3000 baptisms by every
Pentecost. Or like Paul, plant a multiplying
church every day, till you can claim that there
are no more places left here for you to ‘fully
preach the gospel’, not just with words, ‘but
with signs and mighty deeds’. Acts 2:41, 16:5;
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Micah Newman
(Lloydminster, AB)
mhnewman@shaw.ca
T G
he Lord has
been doing
great things
here in Lloydminster!
We are excited about
house churches and
networking. We have
seen many salvations
and people being set free in our house
church. We give God all the glory!!!
We just baptized eight new believers.
Six of them were one entire family. We
baptized them during a house church
camp out that we held at Silver Lake.
We have seen the Lord do many mira-
cles, healings, and deliverance in many
people.
One of the new believers was bap-
tized in the North Saskatchewan River.
This woman was afraid to step into a
traditional church due to her past sin.
But now she has trusted Christ.
She still has a long journey and is
being set free from her past. She made
many poor choices because of her dys-
functional childhood, but now has been
born again and has been set free through
the saving power of Jesus Christ. At her
baptism, we had a chance to share the
good news of Jesus with her unbeliev-
ing family.
There is another house church here
in Lloydminster, and we have connected
with them. Our vision is to see a larger
house church network emerge in the
city and the surrounding area.
I am looking forward to attending
future regional and national gatherings
and meeting all of you. May the Lord
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Ken Stade
(Winnipeg, MB)
kenstade@shaw.ca
reetings to
all from the
province of
Manitoba! I’d like to
give a brief update on
our network of simple
house churches in the
Winnipeg area that

we call Kingsfold Communities.
On September 18, 2010, our network
is hosting a BBQ and an evening of mu-
sical worship with Canadian Christian
singer and songwriter Steve Bell.
On October 2, we are planning to
have a Redemptive Listening Seminar for
all of our FOGs (Facilitators of Grace),
who are basically the spiritual moms
and dads of each of the house churches.
On October 16, we plan to host
an area gathering for simple church
seekers and inquisitive folks who are
asking questions and testing the wa-
ters regarding the so-called simple or
house church movement.
It seems that God has us leaning to-
wards true exponential growth, which
of course starts very slow. We try not
to invite anyone to our gatherings. In-
stead, we invite them into our lives as
we ‘gossip’ about what Jesus is doing
in our group.
With a great deal of love and friend-
ship, we are finding that people will
eventually ask if they can come and be
with us during our meetings too. This
encourages an attitude which is re-
markably different than a straight out
invitation to just another meeting.
Please continue to pray for us here
as we labour in the vineyard in this
part of the country.+
8<,),*
Lon Vining
(Montreal, QC)
lon@impactchurch.ca
I
mpact Church is
a group of young
adults and students
in Montreal who want
to reach students on
the city’s 31 universities
and junior colleges.
We began praying for

labourers for the harvest in 2007.
The Lord led us to transition to a cell
structure in 2009. The vision is to multiply
cell groups across the city and on every
campus. These cell groups are to work
together as part of a multiplying network.
Since 2009, new cells have multiplied out
of our original two groups to now comprise
a total of six cells, some having been started
by new believers who have been mentored
and trained.
We do not own a building or a church
bus and likely never will. We have about 40
members who gather corporately in a rented
space weekly. Our only resource is the Holy
Spirit changing lives and raising up leaders.
The “work” of the church takes place in the
homes and apartments that host the cells
and in leadership training meetings.
I meet with and mentor the cell leaders
each Monday night for three hours. We
fellowship, study the Word, discuss how to
best lead people to spiritual maturity, and
pray, especially for lost people we know and
unreached people groups around the world.
Each leader has three primary tasks: (1)
lead cell members to share Christ with their
friends and invite new people to their group,
(2) help cell members grow spiritually, and
(3) identify and mentor new leaders in the
cell. Thanks for your prayers!+
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Mike MacLean (Fredericton, NB)
mkmac44@hotmail.com
O F
ur network of
house churches
in the Maritimes
is growing in spiritual
depth. We also recognize
a holy discontent among
Christians in more

traditional church settings.
Dr. Chuck Lakin, from the group near
Fredericton, NB, has worked with Maritime
pastors for 12 years. He says, “some pastors
are becoming somewhat disillusioned
with the mainline denominations and
church structures. Many are looking for
greater depth and commitment in their
interpersonal relationships, as well as a
genuine fresh breath of God’s Spirit moving
within the body of Christ.”
Wayne and Charlene Erb, from Saint
John, NB, say their house church provides “a
more intimate, close and calm environment
allowing for more freedom to ask questions,
learn the Word of God in more depth, have
a deeper level of sharing and individual
prayer.” Dave and Dora Jamer say they have
enjoyed helping the Erbs “at various times
with their house group, by way of teaching,
and encouraging.”
Manuel Brayley, who hosts the other
group in Frederiction, NB, believes house
churches are “God’s answer to what is
happening and to what is going to happen,
which is [to be] a refuge from the fiercest
storm the world will ever experience... The
Lord will have a remnant to come for, when
He returns to establish His kingdom.”
The temptation even in house churches
is to move out of the Spirit and into the
flesh by relying on programs. We must
remember, however, that it is not by might,
nor by power, but by God’s Spirit that we
shall have victory.+
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Rad Zdero (Toronto, ON)
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Aug 1, 2010, house
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church leaders Gord Coulson (Vancouver)
from Alberta, Manitoba, homechristian@gmail.com
Ontario, and Quebec
Grace Wiebe (Surrey)
converged on Toronto wiebe.grace@gmail.com
over the weekend for a

Canadian national house church ‘think (3),9;(
tank.’ Friends from BC and New Brunswick Bob Carroll (Edmonton)
rev.bob@telus.net
were unable to attend for logistical
reasons. The 16 delegates represented a John Pritchard (Calgary)
wide range of house churches and house john.pritchard@cschurch.ca
church networks across the nation. Rob Ross (Calgary)
The goal was to collectively hear from oikosministries@shaw.ca
God what the next steps might be for us
Kerry George (Black Diamond)
as a national movement and to solidify juicyfruitchristianity@msn.com
personal relationships.
On Friday night, a smaller group of us :(:2(;*/,>(5
gathered for several hours for a fun, but Leighton Tebay (Saskatoon)
LeightonTebay@gmail.com
meaningful, dinner and discussion.
On Saturday, we opened and closed our 4(50;6)(
time with prayer and worship. We also had Ken/Valerie Stade (Winnipeg)
kenstade@shaw.ca
a facilitated listening and brainstorming
process on identifying, training, and 65;(906
launching new house church leaders. Sam/Lori Buick (Waterloo)
On Sunday, we spent our time listening samthemacman@gmail.com
to the Spirit on the issue of colabouring Marc Wright (Ottawa)
and networking across the nation. We just1church@gmail.com
recognized the need for enhancing
Rad Zdero (Toronto)
communication, mobilizing funds, and rzdero@yahoo.ca
releasing a small team to catalyze national
events, processes, and resources. 8<,),*
This ‘think tank’ was a milestone we Robert Adams (Montreal)
robertandclaudia@gmail.com
will look back on some day as being a
catalytic moment. There was a strong Lon Vining (Montreal)
sense of unity, partnership, and affection, lon@impactchurch.ca
as we join forces as a national network ;/,4(90;04,:
of house churches. Please pray that the Rik Berry (Nova Scotia)
Lord of the harvest would have his way in rik@valleygate.org
Canada.+
Mike/Anne Maclean (New Brunswick)
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Kerry L. George

(Black Diamond, AB)
JuicyFruitChristianity@msn.com
HomeChurchCanada.com
T
he vision of our house church net-
work, called ‘Home Church Cana-
da’, is to affect our soci-
ety by introducing Jesus Christ to
individuals and allowing him to
do a life changing work in their
lives. The transforming work of
the Holy Spirit impacts fami-
lies at the very core as we plant
churches in homes. We want to
plant churches in homes all across
Canada and beyond. Allow me to
tell you a little about our network.
We feel that an apostolic per-
son should have a plan or vision
that the people can identify with,
or there is no progress and people
feel unfulfilled and wander off. So
whatever we are doing and plan-
ning, we make it plain. Then the
people know it, and if they agree
with it, they join it. When they
join a cause or a movement in-
stead of joining a person or even
a group, they overcome and press
on even when times are hard.
We believe that community comes from
being together and having all things com-
mon. We encourage groups to help each
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camping in the summer, etc. Servant lead-
ers are trained to lay their lives down for
the people and to exemplify that kind of un-
conditional love. Helping each other creates
bonds of love.
We emphasize evangelism and encourage
house churches to reach unchurched people.
Then we make disciples, not just converts,
and teach them to do ALL Jesus commanded
(Matt 28:18-20).
For example, a single mom with 5 chil-
dren doubled her income in 14 weeks because
we taught her the Bible’s financial principles.
Lukewarm believers who warmed a church
pew for 20 years and never won a single per-
son to Jesus, have become soul winners as
they minister weekly in the downtown core
sharing their faith and leading people to Je-
sus on the public transit. Others could not
speak in front of people due to fear and now
lead a group competently each week. We are
producing reproducing disciples.
Our house churches will meet in a larger
group monthly. They use their smaller house
group meetings to be ministered to at a per-
sonal level. But the large monthly meeting
of all the house churches is for a lot of fun,
greater celebration, a focused teaching, a guest
speaker, or just to eat and play games
together. It is something that is looked
forward to with great anticipation.
We have faced various crises along
the way too. We used to meet in larger
groups of 20 to 40 regularly, but Jez-
ebel and other divisive spirits seemed
to work overtime on groups of that
size to find a solid platform for them-
selves. When we began using smaller
groups, this problem disappeared.
Why? Those who just want a platform
for their ego are usually not interested
in small groups of ten or less.
For instance, in one group a wom-
an had become so disruptive over and
over again, that I confronted her in
front of the house before she came in
and asked her not to join the group
anymore until she had dealt with
her sin. Fortunately, she eventually
did repent and was reconciled to the
group again.
Currently, we have house church-
es in Alberta and Ontario and are looking
forward to partnering with other house
church leaders and networks in order to
reach Canada for Jesus Christ.+
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T he modern house
church movement
continues to grow.
Saturation evangelism and
house church planting have
taken deep root and pro-
duced much fruit in many
nations. And masses of existing believers are
becoming dissatisfied with traditional church-
es and leaving to form grassroots home-based
groups. But what does the movement stand
for? And where is it going?
In the first century, Christianity was a
house church movement that was counter-cul-
tural and radical (Jn 17:16, Acts 2:41-47). Believ-
ers turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6).
The synagogues were increasingly hostile to
Christianity (Jn 9:22, Acts 18:4-7), and the Ro-
man government opposed any group that had
a Lord besides Caesar (Acts 17:7-8, Rev 1:9).
House churches were the norm by necessity.
Because Christians were members of God’s
Kingdom, not Caesar’s, they were opposed to
politics and violence (Eph 6:11-12), although
they were law abiding citizens (Rom 13:1-7, 1 Pet
2:12-16). Like Jesus, they said no to the temp-
tations of power, position, and popularity (Lk
4:1-13, Jn 6:14-15, 18:36). Instead, they created
change at the grassroots and were a prophetic
voice speaking truth (Acts 4:1-20). As a result,
they suffered persecution (Acts 8:1-4). Radical
stuff indeed!
We see this pattern repeated in history.
Time and time again, God raised up groups like
the Waldenses, Lollards, Anabaptists, Quak-
ers, and others to restore apostolic Christian-
ity. They were persecuted by the established
church (both Catholic and Protestant), which
was usually in league with governmental pow-
ers. But these believers persisted, for the most
part, in living as Christ had modelled. They
rejected politics and war. They shared their re-
sources and lives with one another. They fed
the hungry and clothed the naked. They edu-
cated the unschooled. They preached the Gos-
pel. They set the example of Kingdom life for
the world to observe.
For the modern house church movement
to remain relevant, it needs to return to its
radical roots. We need to do more than use
house churches as mere vehicles for evange-
lism, for complaining about pastors and pews,
or for meeting our personal needs. We must
visibly model Kingdom life to a world that is
lost in unbelief. We must follow the footsteps
of our Lord Jesus, the pacifist rebel, who rose
up against the spiritual status quo and changed
the world forever.+

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(Rochester, NY)
BethBultman@gmail.com
I
’ve been thinking
and praying about
wells. You know,
the kind you drill. When you choose
a site for a well, you calculate, hope,
and pray that there is water down
there somewhere. Some wells have to
be drilled very deeply to find a water
source. You wonder how deep you
have to go.
When you drill a well, you dig
yourself into a deeper and deeper
hole, with no visible progress except
down. In a way, you look ridiculous.
You dig in the dirt, are covered with
sweat and grime, and reap no reward.
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Brian Sauder
(Ephrata, PA)
BrianS@dcfi.org
DOVE International
(www.dcfi.org) believes
in house churches and traditional church
structures as viable expressions of Christ’s
body today. Why? Our overriding concern
is completing the Great Commission.
In light of God’s heart for the lost, why
would we spend our time and energy
debating which method is better? We
need all hands on deck.
As Larry Kreider states in his book,
House Church Networks, “the new house
church networks are tailor-made for to-
day’s generation and will be a force in
returning to the New Testament model
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You wonder, is there really water
down here? Why did I start doing
this? Do I have the faith to continue?
You have to persevere through the
arduous process until you reach
the water.
of church life, I also believe God is using
today’s conventional church structures.”
To use a New Testament analogy, let’s
just say that house churches are like the
Special Forces of God’s army. They have
a purpose separate from the regular
army. Does that make them more impor-
tant? No. A general would not fight a war
using only the Special Forces.
Similarly do we think God would
only use the house church portion of his
church today? Pastors of many tradition-
al churches are suspicious of the house
churches and leaders of many house
churches are suspicious of the tradition-
al churches. How does this help us? The
truth is that both approaches, as prac-
ticed today, need improvements to truly
become more effective. What general
Once you reach it, it comes up
rather quickly. When the water
rushes in, it can, symbolically at least,
bring you to the top. Then you look
like a genius since all that drilling
was immediately worth it.
Have you ever believed, hoped,
worked and sweated for something,
hoping you’re not crazy? Our lives
and the work we do for the Lord
are like well-drilling. We are either
geniuses or fools, and here’s hoping
and believing that we will hit water,
and that all that drilling and sweat is
worth it.
To all the well-drillers out there
doing the Lord’s work, may you
persevere until the water bursts forth
to flood the parched land. +
would allow tension between his Special
Forces and regular army?
If we as house church leaders are
secure that our vision is from God, then
to borrow a term from Nike, we should
“just do it” wholeheartedly. If God is
placing house church on our hearts, then
let’s plant as many as we can. Each new
church will impact people that God loves.
And although there is always room
for godly, thoughtful, and Bible-based
dialogue, let us be mature enough not to
harshly attack the efforts of other broth-
ers and sisters in Christ.
We need everyone to work together
in order to reach the world for Jesus
Christ (Matt. 9:17, 28:18-20).+

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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon is commonly known as Madame Guyon. She was a
French mystic, an influential writer, and a key advocate of Quietism, which was considered hereti-
cal by the Catholic Church. She was imprisoned in Paris from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book
called A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. As a child, she was sensitive and sickly. Guyon’s parents
were pious and gave her a religious upbringing. She was married at 16 to Jacques Guyon. She had
four children and was widowed at 28. She was introduced to Christian mysticism by a Catholic
priest, who became her mentor. After her death, her writings influenced radical Protestants, like
the Quakers, and evangelicals, like Charles Spurgeon. Her many works have been published in
nations like America, England, France, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland. The following text is
taken from the very book that led to her imprisonment, part of which was spent in Paris’s infamous
Bastille fortress prison.

W
e are all called to prayer, as
we are all called to salvation.
Prayer is nothing but the
application of the heart to God.
Children, draw near to your Father,
and he will embrace you in the arms of
love! Come ye poor, stray, wandering
sheep, return to your Shepherd! Come,
sinners, to your Saviour! Let all without
exception come, for Jesus Christ hath
called all.
All who are desirous of prayer, may
easily pray, enabled by those ordinary
graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit which
are common to all men.
You must, then, learn a species of
prayer which may be exercised at all
times; which does not obstruct outward
employments; which may be equally
practised by princes, kings, prelates,
priests and magistrates, soldiers and
children, tradesmen, laborers, women,
and sick persons; it is not the prayer of
the head, but of the heart.
It is not a prayer of the understanding
alone, for the mind of man is so limited
in its operations that it can have but one
object at a time; but it is the prayer of
the heart which is not interrupted by the
exercises of reason.
And when once we have enjoyed God,
and the sweetness of his love, we shall find it
impossible to relish [anything] but himself.
He is more present to us than we
are to ourselves. He is more desirous
of giving Himself to us than we are to
possess Him; we only need to know how
to seek Him, and the way is easier and
more natural to us than breathing.
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Meditative reading is the choosing
[of] some important practical or
speculative truth, always preferring the
practical, and proceeding thus: whatever
truth you have chosen, read only a small
portion of it, endeavoring to taste and
digest it, to extract the essence and
substance of it, and proceed no farther
while any savor or relish remains in the
passage: then take up your book again,
and proceed as before, seldom reading
more than half a page at a time. It is not
the quantity that is read, but the manner
of reading, that yields us profit.
Those who cannot read books, are not,
on that account, excluded from prayer.
The great book which teaches all things,
and which is written all over, within and
without, is Jesus Christ himself.
The method they should practice
is this: they should first learn this
fundamental truth, that “the kingdom
of God is within them,” (Luke 17:21), and
that it must be sought there only.
They should then repeat the Lord’s
prayer in their native tongue; pondering
a little upon the meaning of the words,
and the infinite willingness of that God
who dwells within them to become,
indeed, “their father.”
In this state let them pour out their
wants before him; and when they have
pronounced the word, “father,” remain
a few moments in a reverential silence,
waiting to have the will of this, their
heavenly Father, made manifest to them.+


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That’s what people call you depending on
your views on women in the church. As house
churches, however, may we be “Biblicists”,
allowing the Bible to guide us. Some people
jump too quickly to the “limiting” passages of
1 Cor 14:34-35 and 1 Tim 2:11-12 to point out
what women supposedly should not do. So, to
bring some balance, let us look at what the
Bible says women can do.
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In Rom 16:7, Paul greets two outstanding apos-
tles. One is a man named Andronicus. The
other person’s name, however, could either
be read “Junias” (male) or “Junia” (female),
depending on where accents are placed. The
problem is that Greek copies of the New Tes-
tament in the first 700 years did not place ac-
cents on names. But, other evidence clearly
favours the female name “Junia.”
First, there are over 250 inscriptions and
references in ancient Greek and Latin litera-
ture in the city of Rome alone to the common
female name “Junia.”
Second, there is virtually universal agree-
ment up to about 1300 AD by church leaders
and theologians that the female name “Junia”
is meant.
Third, no evidence whatsoever exists
from any Greek and Latin literature of the
day that anyone was ever named “Junias.”

during Jesus’ ministry, women materially
Fourth, no evidence whatsoever exists
that the known male name “Junianus” was
ever shortened to “Junias” or any other
form.
Finally, no good evidence exists linguisti-
cally or historically that Rom 16:7 should be
translated “well known to the apostles.”
For the definitive work on the topic by
an eminent New Testament scholar, see
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Anna was a prophetess (Luke 2:36-38), and
Philip’s daughters prophesied (Acts 21:8-9).
Peter said women could prophesy (Acts 2:17-
18).Although criticized for her heresy and
immorality, Jezebel was not rebuked for call-
ing herself a “prophetess” (Greek = prophet-
is) (Rev 2:20).
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A woman spread the good news about Je-
sus and saw many in her town come to
faith (John 4:39-42). And Jesus chose Mary
Magdalene as the first witness and herald of
his resurrection (John 20:15-18), despite the
worthlessness of a woman’s legal testimony
in that society.
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Priscilla and her husband privately corrected
Apollos on doctrine (Acts 18:26). Although
rebuked for heresy, Jezebel was not rebuked
because she “taught” (Greek = didaskein)
(Rev 2:20).
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Some scholars suggest women were includ-
ed in the list of qualifications for overseers/
bishops (i.e. elders, pastors) and deacons by
the gender neutral word “man” (Greek = tis,
meaning “someone”) (1 Tim 3:1) and the con-
necting word “likewise” (Greek = hosautos) (1
Tim 3:11).
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Phoebe in Rom 16:1-2 is called a “deacon”
(Greek = diakonos), meaning “servant.” She
is also called a “minister” (Greek = prostatis),
meaning one who “presides” or “sponsors.” A
form of prostatis is also used regarding over-
seers/elders (1 Tim 3:4-5, 5:17).
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Euodia, Mary, Persis, Phoebe, Priscilla, Syn-
tyche, Tryphaena, and Tryphosa are referred
to as “coworkers” by Paul or described as
having “worked hard” for the gospel (Rom
16:1,2,3,6,12; Philip 4:2-3).
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Mary, Lydia, and Chloe were the leaders of
their households (Acts 12:12, 16:14-15,40; 1
Cor 1:11). And Priscilla’s name appears before
her husband Aquila’s on four of six occasions,
meaning she was more prominent than her
husband in that culture (Acts 18:2,18,26; Rom
16:3; 1 Cor 16:19; 2 Tim 4:19).
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Mary, Lydia, Nympha, and Priscilla hosted
churches in their homes, a highly prominent
role in that society (Acts 12:12, 16:14-15,40;
Rom 16:3-5; 1 Cor 16:19; Col 4:15). And Apphia
hosted and likely co-led a house church with
Philemon and Archippus (Philem 1:1-2).
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and use all their spiritual gifts (1 Cor 12:7-
12,27-28, 14:26; Col 3:16; Heb 10:24-25). And
supported his work and hosted him at home
(Matt 27:55-56; Luke 10:38).
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Scripture and prayer must be the foundation
for empowering women in our house church-
es to fulfill their calling. To avoid confusion,
each house church might consider having a
short written statement about its beliefs to
give to newcomers, including those views
about women in the church. And let us work
closely with other house churches even when
we disagree on this topic.
May today’s house church movement re-
capture a more scriptural and strategic view
of women in the church to reach the world
for Jesus Christ!+

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