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House Church Resources

House Church Resources

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” [1Corinthians 12:12]

Here you will find forums, videos, literature and links to websites that discuss house churches: what they are about and how they differ from conventional, institutional churches.
 

House Church Forums:

Should unmarried men serve as church leaders?

Should Unmarried Men Serve As Church Leaders?

 

Should unmarried men, men who have never been married, serve as church leaders. What does the Bible say?

  • 1Timothy 3:2 – “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
  • 1Timothy 3:12 – “Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
  • Titus 1:6 – “If any be blameless,… Continue reading

Issues Pertaining To Church Elders

Issues Pertaining To Church Elders

 

Introduction

 

Appointing church leaders is a most serious matter and if mishandled, can have dire consequences for the future of any church.  So if a church is to be spiritually healthy, it needs to appoint elders based upon:

  • What are the biblical qualifications of elders
  • What are the main responsibilities of an elder
  • Who – in the congregation – meets the qualifications

The Bible gives us information on what to look for in… Continue reading

Reverend Who?

Reverend Who?

Are costumes & titles for church leaders biblical?

 

Introduction:

 

Is this subject something really worth concerning ourselves with? Absolutely yes. All biblical truth is important and by ignoring a seemingly trivial spiritual issue we may be opening the door of our lives to some very serious spiritual problems.

 

Religious clothing:

 

Why do so many church leaders dress differently from the rest of the congregation?  Some leaders wear expensive suits, some wear robes, some wear… Continue reading

Doctor Or Brother?

Doctor Or Brother?

by A.W. Pink

Doctor or Brother Titles For Clergy And Church Leaders

What strange methods God sometimes employs in teaching His children much needed lessons! This has recently been the writer’s experience. I have been approached by a “university” to accept from them a degree of “D.D.” Asking for time to be given so that I might prayerfully seek from God, through His written word, a knowledge of His will, fuller light came than was expected. I had very serious doubt’s as to the permissibility of… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>