by steve-atkerson | Oct 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Baby Steps: Start slowly. Don’t try to have fully participatory meetings all at once. All during the week, when you hear a brother sharing about something the Lord has taught him, ask him to give a short (7 minute or less) sharing about it next Sunday in church. Work...
by steve-atkerson | Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
First-century Christians gathered almost exclusively in private homes. God used these house churches to turn the Roman world upside down.[1] Could He use small congregations today as strategically as He did early house churches? Small churches that do the types of...
by steve-atkerson | Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
What is the advantage of following the early church’s approach to decision making? No matter who has the final authority to make decisions in your church, adopting early church attitudes can make the process both unifying and edifying. An important role of...
by steve-atkerson | Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Starting Out: Consider beginning with a gradual phase in the Lord’s Supper as a weekly fellowship meal. For instance, celebrate it initially at your Sunday evening service. Then try it once a month on Sunday mornings. Perhaps make the meal optional at first; serve the...
by steve-atkerson | Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
How could early church practice make your worship services more meaningful? Consider unleashing the laity. Ordinary believers regularly and significantly contributed to the corporate worship of the first-century church. This open format allowed those prompted by the...
