Global House Church Movement

By Rad Zdero and ZDERO RAD

Book Overview

The Global House Church Movement This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878083421
• ISBN13: 9780878083428
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: William Carey Publishing
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

personally convicting

Rad Zdero presents an argument for house church assembly in a balanced, thorough, persuasive and kind way. For me it resulted in encouragement and conviction that not only were these truths Scriptural but also that there was historical evidence of our Father using this return to a more New Testament practice to further his kingdom. The Global House Church Movement covers the biblical foundation for believers gathering in small groups with interactive participatory meetings. This house church movement is examined from the early church until recent history. Statements and practices of church fathers as Martin Luther and John Wesley are examined as they relate to the assembling of believers. Perhaps the most encouraging is the accounts of contemporary house church movements taking place around the globe today even as the institutional churches struggle in many countries. Rad's radical principles of the house church movement are perceptive so I will mention at least a few: the declaration of a present God versus an absent God, an apostolic heritage versus a man-made institution, a relevant mission versus a religious mission, a common people versus a holy clergy and common goods versus holy fees. Finally practical considerations of church planting and assembling are considered. I found Global House Church Movement to be a great resource and personally convicting. author Corinthian Elders

Serves it's purpose well

I'm a church planter in the south of France. I found this book to be not an excellent encyclopedia, but rather an excellent Manifesto of sorts possessing the revolutionary dynamite of Luther's "95" rather then the extensive and scholarly Calvin's "Institutions". He sums up well the main points of the House Church movement while being respectful of those Christians who do not meet for worship in homes but rather special buildings. He chooses his words carefully and I therefore would want to recommend this book to anyone tiered with traditional models of church or who are looking to plant a new church.

the Finest House Church book yet

Outside of the Bible, I would certainly say that this book is the finest yet written on the subject of house church. It is informative and inpiring. It is rooted in history with an eye on the current situation of the world. It is Biblical and practical. In summary, n excellent read for anyone interested in the subject - at any stage of belief. Rad brings the subject home.