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A Conversation With Felicity Dale

I was excited to continue my “Simple Church Conversations” series with Felicity Dale, one of the pioneers of the recent house church movement in America. Felicity, along with her husband Tony, have been very active in planting simple churches for more than 30 years. Felicity is the author of Simply Church, An Army of Ordinary People: Stories of Real-Life Men and Women Simply Being the Church, and Small Is Big!: Unleashing the Big Impact of Intentionally Small Churches. Referenced resources…. A simple guide to hearing God https://simplychurch.com/a-simple-guide-to-hearing-god-3/ Felicity Dale Blog www.simplychurch.org House2House.com – great resources and teaching/training Felicity’s books on Amazon.com: Small Is Big: Unleashing the Big Impact of Intentionally Small Churches Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1414339410/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 The Black Swan Effect: Link:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JEM09I8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 An Army of Ordinary People: Stories of Real-Life Men and Women Simply Being the Church Link:… Read More »A Conversation With Felicity Dale

New Podcasts Up!

Hello friends! We have several new podcasts up at keepitsimplepodcast.com. You can also subscribe on iTunes at this link as well. It’s been awhile since I’ve updated the links, so you may remember that beginning with Episode 65, Tom and I re-launched the podcast with the idea of starting from scratch and re-introducing the “Who?” “What?” “When?” “Where?” “Why?” and “How?” questions surrounding simple/organic church. Episode 75 “Who Can Baptize Others in The Simple Church?” was just released. You can check out all the new episodes and the old ones at our website.  If you feel so inclined, I review on iTunes apparently helps the podcast come up more often in searches. Thanks for listening!  I pray it encourages you along the journey and provides good food for thought and discussion!  

Google Hangout Tonight! 8PM “Teaching”

Join Gavin and friends from Indianapolis as they discuss and share various ideas and approaches to “teaching in simple church.”  If you would like to connect with others a part of simple or house churches this is a great opportunity to do so!   Everyone involved in simple/organic/house churches are invited to join as this can be a great way to “build up” the Body of Christ…especially to build up our friends meeting in Indianapolis! You can visit Indy Ekklesia at their website (http://indyekklesia.com) where you can actually get a really good feel for what teaching looks like in their community.  Each week they record and post  the lesson/discussion from their gathering.  They are excited to learn more about how other simple churches approach this important aspect of the Church. What does “teaching” look like in your simple church?   Google… Read More »Google Hangout Tonight! 8PM “Teaching”

Meeting Ideas (part 2)

I mentioned yesterday in our network gathering at FAC that we had access to several small group lessons on DVD.  Here is a list of the videos that should be arriving soon.  Feel free to let me know if your group would like to check out one.  Again, we wouldn’t want the video or discussion guide to replace trusting the Holy Spirit and having an open forum, but perhaps this could be a great way for your group to focus on a particular subject for a few weeks and possibly even a way to invite guests to join you for a targeted topic.  Note that some of the links also give you the option to preview the series. The Reason For God – Tim Keller The Me I Want to Be – John Ortberg Where… Read More »Meeting Ideas (part 2)