Luis had faithfully attended the training sessions for church planting. He lived across the river from Guayaquil in the neighboring city of Durán. In his local community, everyone knew the friendly Luis who operated a small business out of his home selling eggs, TP, bananas, rice, batteries, and ot...

My pilgrimage with the house/simple/organic return to New Testament ekklesia began in 1997. This was around the time when the International Mission Board (the S. Baptist missions sending agency that we are a part of) launched "New Directions." The assumption was that if we continued to do evangelism...

Within every church lives what I would call, the real church. What I mean is that attending a church service or even joining a church, is not the same thing as being the church. Regardless of size, there seems to be a core group of believers within every assembly who are truly "church." This group c...

"I did not like what you had to share with us today." "What you had to share really challenged me." "We're not used to hearingthe kinds of things you talked about." "Wow, I had no idea..." Variations of the above seem to be common reactions shared with us after gatherings where we have been invited ...

Monk Development has a number of ministry sites coming down the pipeline, here are a few of our recent launches: Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) has spread to more than 100 campuses across the country and has grown to include well over 200 full time staff. RUF holds to the core beliefs of histo...

Alan Knox does an excellent job expressing many things I would like to say about the way we "do" church. Hebrews 10:24-25 is often quoted as the reason believers should go to church. But what is this passage really commanding? Is it simply to go to church? Or is there more to it than just showing up...

Reimagining Church: Pursuing The Dream Of Organic Christianity is without a doubt Frank Viola's magnum opus of his numerous writings on the ekklesia. In this book, church is realigned with all the "strange" descriptions and practices that we read in the pages of our New Testament. It is church as we...

Alan Knox has once again expressed well a message all need to hear. Thanks Alan. --------------------- I have a message for all brothers and sisters in Christ... To those who did not want to paste a fake smile on your face and act like everything is fine... God loves you! To those who did not sign u...

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“Now a t this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose…(Acts 6:1)� “When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time. (Luke 4:13)� Success for God is failure for Satan. He will oppose, in any way he can, the progress of the king...