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Should our fellowship be in the form of Corporation or that of a Community?
See the following websites on the House Church Movement in Europe, in Australia , The United States , Europe and Asia: The nature of Christian fellowship: see .... http://shouldourfellowshipbeintheform.blogspot.com/
The New Global Christian Community: see .... http://marcsmessages.typepad.com/mm/emerging_church/index.html
The House Church Movement in Australia : see ...... http://thehousechurchmovement.blogspot.com
The House Church Movement in The United States: see ...... http://housechurchesinamerica.blogspot.com/
The House Church Movement in Asia: see ..... http://thehousechurchmovementinasia.blogspot.com/
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Look also at the following website for many Recommended Links to First Century Christianity: www.churchrestoration.org/links.htm and Download the PDF file :“15 THESES towards a REFORMATION of CHURCH” – by Wolfgan Simson. PDF download 39 KB from www.newearthcommunity.org/spirit_7.html
God is changing the Church, and that, in turn, will change the world. Millions of Christians around the world are aware of an imminent reformation of global proportions. They say, in effect: “Church as we know it is preventing Church as God wants it.” A growing number of them are surprisingly hearing God say the very same things. There is a collective new awareness of age-old revelations, a corporate spiritual echo. In the following “15 Theses” I will summarize a part of this, and I am convinced that it reflects a part of what the Spirit of God is saying to the Church today. For some, it might be the proverbial fist-sized cloud on Elijah’s sky. Others already feel the pouring rain.
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Extra Websites on Christian Community and Cultural Issues:L’Abri Fellowship International: http://www.labri.org/ Welcome to the official home page for L’Abri Fellowship International.L’Abri is a French word that means shelter. The first L’Abri community was founded in Switzerland in 1955 by Dr. Francis Schaeffer and his wife, Edith. Dr. Schaeffer was a Christian theologian and philosopher who also authored a number of books on theology, philosophy, general culture and the arts. The L’Abri communities are study centres in Europe, Asia and America where individuals have the opportunity to seek answers to honest questions about God and the significance of human life. L’Abri believes that Christianity speaks to all aspects of life.
At this site you will find the latest information for each branch and an introduction to what L’Abri Fellowship is all about. If you still have questions after reviewing the information here, please contact the branch closest to where you live.
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CHRISTIAN / PARENTING: http://www.vtaide.com/png/ Dedicated to help parents of young children in their task and challenge of parenting. Contents include dramatised family devotions, parenting articles, educational shareware, interactive puzzles, children's stories, award-winning interactive assessment worksheets and homeschooling resources. This web site is created and designed by Alan and Hui Meng.
Alan worked for a management consultancy firm before joining Campus Crusade Asia Ltd (CCAL). He left CCAL as their Training Director. Alan then obtained a Master of Theology (with a major in Christian Education) from Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) and joined the East Asia School of Theology as their Dean of Field Ministry. He went on to join an information systems company providing computer educational services for preschool children at child-care centres and kindergartens. He had also conducted computer courses in primary and secondary schools. Alan is married to Hui Meng.Hui Meng has a Master of Arts in Christian Education from DTS. She was a trainer with CCAL and the Principal of Queenstown Lutheran Church Children Centre. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the National Institute of Education. Presently she is teaching in a primary school.Both Alan and Hui Meng are members of Faith Methodist Church in Singapore . They have two boys, aged 16 and 15.
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GOSPELCOM.NET MINISTRIES: http://www.gospelcom.net/ Over 230 different online Christian ministries comprise the Gospelcom.net alliance, ranging greatly in size, vision, and purpose. Browse through the list below, or if you're looking for a specific type of resource, try the categorical list of ministries.
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http://www.ffiaust.org Family Foundations International is a Christian ministry providing seminars and other tools through local churches in many countries around the world through the anointed teaching of Pastor Craig Hill, founder of Family Foundations.
On behalf of Craig Hill, founder of Family Foundations International, we welcome you to our Australian website. The mission of FFI is to help to restore God's timeless foundations to families throughout the earth.
Our ultimate goal is to restore the image of God the Father to the family, allowing the next generation to gain salvation and to make it easy for people to know who our loving heavenly Father really is, so that when the gospel is preached to them, they are already prepared in their hearts to understand unconditional love; faithfulness in the sight of unfaithfulness; self-sacrifice in the face of selfishness etc.
Unfortunately, we have all already seen these, and many other ungodly attributes, modelled in our own family relationships. Once the image of God the Father has been restored to families, it recreates a readiness in people’s hearts to receive the gospel of salvation. The blessing of the Father imparts and empowers identity and destiny (how God sees me and why I'm here) and when this happens God's process of impartation is established in families from one generation to the next. Because of the devastation in families today, which has resulted in the distortion of the image of the Father God to those families, there are many people who are unable to receive the love of the Father through Jesus Christ.
Our vision is to change our culture and turn this Nation around through teaching families how to walk in God's Ancient Paths and bring healing to this generation through Holy Spirit led ministry to the heart so that they can bring God's blessing to the next generation. Blessed families lead to blessed churches, which lead to blessed cities. which lead to blessed nations.
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BREAKPOINT: http://www.pfm.org/ BreakPoint is a program of The Wilberforce Forum, a division of Prison Fellowship Ministries. Our mission is to develop and communicate Christian worldview messages that offer a critique of contemporary culture and encourage and equip the church to think and live Christianly. BreakPoint provides a Christian perspective on today’s news and trends via radio, interactive media, and print. Chuck Colson’s daily BreakPoint commentary airs each weekday on over 1,000 outlets with an estimated listening audience of 1 million people. The BreakPoint Web site and BreakPoint WorldView Magazine feature Colson’s commentaries as well as feature articles by other established and up-and-coming writers to equip readers with a biblical perspective on a variety of issues and topics.
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BIBLICAL RESOURCES ...... The Official Ray Stedman Library Website:http://www.blessings.org/ .... Ray Stedman is one of the foremost pastors and biblical expositors of the twentieth century. Ray's message of authentic Christianity continues to revolutionize the lives of countless individuals and churches. It is the sole mission of raystedman.org to preserve and expand an exhaustive library of Ray's messages and books so that this rich legacy of authentic Christianity might be passed on to a new generation, for the glory of God and the building up of the body of Christ.
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GOD'S WORK: http://www.godswork.com/ ....... Spend a moment before starting each project, each task, and reflect on how your work fits into God's Purpose. If what you are asked to do, forced to do, expected to do, or tempted to do is not in alignment with your Higher Purpose... Listen within, and choose again.Welcome to Thoughts About GodIt is our desire that everyone will know God in a personal way and experience his plan and purpose for their life. May you be blessed and drawn closer to God as you peruse our web pages.Our Website includes the following:REFLECTIONS: Finding God in everyday living - in the garden; in traffic; at work; and even in the midst of PMS or other moods. A collection of intimate moments.MEDITATIONS: Thinking about God, his great truths, his marvellous creation and dwelling on who He really is.STORIES of changed lives: Men and women share their story of how they found God and how he is renovating their lives from the inside out.STORIES for kids: Passing on our memories and our legacy of faith through stories.BIBLE STUDIES: Practical tools for personal spiritual development on a deeper level.GOD - How to know Him: There are four spiritual laws that explain salvation in a succinct way that we can all understand.GETTING ACTIVE with a purpose: Ideas and encouraging ways to focus on others and give to them.FUN AND LAUGHS: Good clean humour. A compilation of our favourites.QUOTES: Inspiring quotes about God; about life; about prayer; and about success.
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http://www.sentinelgroup.org/ .... An Urgent Call for Spiritual Revival ... a Christian research and information agency dedicated to helping the Church pray knowledgably for end-time global evangelization and enabling communities to discover the pathway to genuine revival and societal transformation.The Sentinel Group is a community of cutting-edge researchers, filmmakers and ministers dedicated to the task of preparing needy communities for spiritual revival and societal transformation. We accomplish this goal by:· Investigating the rising tide of divinely transformed communities to detect patterns and extract principles· Inspiring new hope and expectancy among Christians whose neighbourhoods have not yet experienced the Father’s touch· Instructing inspired believers how to take the steps necessary for God to heal their land· Involving revival advocates in a supportive international fellowship of transformation partners
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A Tidal Wave of Christianity: http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/030819a.asp By Dale Hurd BN News Sr. Reporter
CBN.com – September 11th focused a lot of attention on the growth of Islam. What most pundits and scholars have missed is the incredible growth of Christianity, and where it's growing. Today more Presbyterians worship in the African nation of Ghana than in Scotland . And more Anglicans worship in Nigeria than in Britain.
We like to think of ourselves as the Christian West. But there is growing evidence that the center of Christendom has moved. .Africans are running to accept Jesus Christ. It is a scene playing out all across the developing world. It may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not: Christianity is sweeping across the southern hemisphere and Asia like a tidal wave.
"The scale of Christian growth is almost unimaginable," said Dr. Philip Jenkins, distinguished professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State University. Jenkins shocked and probably panicked some of America 's political and media elite with his acclaimed book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. Jenkins argues the greatest movement of the past century was not communism or capitalism. Do the math and the winner is spirit-filled Christianity, or what he terms in his study as "Pentecostalism."
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THE PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN CHURCH:The Voice of The Martyrs (VOM):
http://www.okwu.edu/persecutedchurch ...... VOM founders Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand dreamed for years of a serious academic counterpart to their ministry on behalf of suffering Christians. Now their dream is becoming a reality. I’m delighted to partner with Oklahoma Wesleyan and I urge you to consider joining us as a student!”-Tom White, Executive Director, VOM (OWU alumnus)
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Open Doors: http://www.opendoors.org.au/ Serving persecuted Christians worldwide ..... Open your eyes to persecuted Christians ... In our work for the Persecuted Church , we come into contact every day with Christians who have to face the threat of death for their faith. Our motto, "Strengthen that which remains, and is at the point of death" is precisely the reason why we find ourselves in those areas where people are being persecuted most severely. And it is also there that we find the church is growing! In China , Vietnam , Sudan , Mexico , Southern Africa, and in Iran , to mention just a few countries. On behalf of those whose liberty is at stake, of young believers deprived of adequate Bible training, and all too many Christians managing without their own copy of the Bible, I thank you for looking in on us. I hope you will be touched by what we show you.Yours in the Battle , Johan Companjen
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Outer person (physical body) …. Practical application of our Christian WorldviewINTERSERVE: http://www.interserve.org.au/ Who We Are: Salt and LightInterserve is all about making Christ known across cultures by word and action in countries where otherwise He wouldn't be known. By placing Christians with skills in these areas to serve individuals, churches and communities with holistic care, they are being real salt and light of this world.In the beginning … Interserve began in 1852 when a group of teachers and medically trained Christian women from England showed great love and compassion to the women and children of India 's Zenanas (women's quarters). Amazing breakthroughs were made. The first women's hospitals in India were founded; orphanages and schools were started, including the first blind school; the Bible was taught and the good news of Christ shared.In 1957 the organisation became the Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship (BMMF). The name Interserve was finally adopted in 1987, reflecting our charter to serve people internationally.
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MERCY INTERNATIONAL: http://www.mercy-international.com/ Rescuing children in crisis since 1985 .... Children are always the ONLY future the human race has; We need to love them and care for them and teach them well. Mercy International is a Christian based charity organisation committed to rescuing children in crisis in Asia :· Children who come from various hopeless, orphaned, desperate and often life threatening situations; and babies born HIV+.· Mercy International takes these children in and they become family for as long as they want to stay. Mercy International is fully responsible for these children while they are with us. For as long as they need it, we provide them with:o a loving home, their own bed and a supportive, family-like communityo all they can eat, clothing, birthday and Christmas presents and weekly pocket moneyo Full time, devoted, Christian carers who become like parents to themo Education, vocational training and holidays (some children have gone right through to tertiary and Bible College training with us)o Medical and dental treatment - and much more.
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Vietnam Outreach: www.vietnamoutreach.org/home.htm Since it's inception Vietnam Outreach has remained true to it's Isaiah 61 calling.Love brings hope, peace and joy to hurting people. Love isn’t just talk, it must also have action.Since 1987 tens of thousands of people left hungry after floods and typhoons have been fed and orphans cared for. We have stood with the local medical professionals to develop the health care system. Poverty stricken families have been set free with our micro-development programs and since 1999 our Project Hope has helped thousands of handicapped children with free surgery.Click on our projects Hope, Manna and Luke for an insight into the work in Vietnam .In addition to Vietnam we are ministering to the Body of Christ through our “Call to Commerce” seminars. Click on Project Joseph to see how we are building and encouraging those whom God has called to the marketplace for the end time harvest.
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Watoto: http://www.watoto.com/ ..... Ugandan Children ..... a Message of Hope From The Website: Watoto tours choirs across the globe every year to spread the message of hope and renewal and to enlist participation in the work God is doing through Watoto. There are several choirs currently touring or beginning soon check out our tour calendar below to see the schedule and find a location near you! Click on your country fag to finds the current touring
schedule.
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Eagle House: http://www.eaglehouse.com.au/ Eagle House is a not for profit Organisation. We are committed to making a positive & significant difference in the community. There is an underlying desire within the heart of every person for security, acceptance, encouragement, and the opportunity to achieve. We are committed to providing a long term plan which includes counselling and support for each woman and their immediate families, offering them opportunities to re-focus their lives.
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About Gospel for Asia : http://www.gfa.org/gfa/aboutgfa Planting Churches in Unreached Areas In each aspect of Gospel for Asia ’s ministry, the primary aim is to plant churches among the unreached — those who have never heard the Gospel.Sending Native MissionariesGospel for Asia trains and sends native missionaries because they have proven extremely effective. They are already familiar with the language and culture, and they live at the level of the people they serve, thus removing many social barriers.100 Percent Goes to the FieldGospel for Asia sends 100 percent of the money you donate for work on the mission field to the field. Nothing is taken out for administrative expenses.
My Dear Friend, In our busy lives, it is easy to be so preoccupied with our own dreams and pursuits that we lose our eternal perspective. Both the joys of heaven and the crying needs of a lost world can seem unreal and far away.But the harsh reality is that 2.7 billion people of our generation are still unreached with the Gospel. What answers are we prepared to give to the living God when He asks about the blood of these multitudes on our hands?Today, we have the great privilege of helping them come to know Jesus. If we will commit to live for what is eternal, this generation can be reached with the Gospel.I pray that Gospel for Asia will become like a bridge, giving you the opportunity to walk away from your own preoccupations to the harvest fields of Asia --and see the perishing multitudes through the eyes of Jesus.May you allow God to use your life to change the destiny of millions through your prayers and partnership with our native brothers and sisters.
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FAITHS: Christians and Islamic People:
Notes on Islam:How Islam works: Islam means 'submission' . A Muslim is a 'submitter'. The name ' Abdullah' means ' a slave of Allah'.The Human Problem:The Qur'an >> ignorance >> guidance >> successThe Bible >> sin >> forgiveness >> salvationHow Do You Become a Muslim? By saying and believing the following the following statement, the Islamic creed:'La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasulu Allah' ....'There is no God but Allah, and Muhammed is Allah's Messenger'.The 'Guidance' Of Muhammed:1. The Qur'a2. The Sunna:a. The Teaching of Muhammedb. The Example of MuhammedHadiths are sayings which report the teachings and example of Muhammed. There are 1000's of these.See the online database of Hadiths at:www.iiu.edu.my/deed/hadith/.... International Islamic University of Malaysia
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http://tafsir.com/.... Qur'anic tafsir (commentary) online ...
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15687 >>> Search within Frontpage for articles on Islam
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Versions of The Qur'an: A Muslim claim: No other book in the world can match the Qur'an ...... the astonishing fact about this book of Allah is that has remained unchanged, even in dot, over the last fourteen hundred years ...... no variation of text can be found in it. You can check this fact by listening to the recitation of Muslims from different parts of the world. (Basic Principles of Islam, Adu Dhabi, UAE: The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable & Humanitarian Foundation, 1996 p. 4 bold added)See articles by Samuel Green:· http://www.answering-islam.org/Green/seven.htm >>>> Go to ‘search’ and look up ‘Green’ (many articles on Islam, see ‘uthman’ and ‘Shia’On Jihad and perceptions of Jihad:·http://www.danielpipes.org/ >>>> Go to ‘search’ and look up ‘jihad’
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Websites with critical perspectives on Islam: http://www.answering-islam.org/ ....... Answering Islam Website ..... Spirituality from Jesus Christ vs. Spirituality from Islam Answering Islam Website ..... Spirituality from Jesus Christ vs. Spirituality from Islam.http://www.secularislam.org/ .... ISIS: the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic SocietyOur Mission: We believe that Islamic society has been held back by an unwillingness to subject its beliefs, laws and practices to critical examination, by a lack of respect for the rights of the individual, and by an unwillingness to tolerate alternative viewpoints or to engage in constructive dialogue. ISIS: the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic SocietyOur Mission : We believe that Islamic society has been held back by an unwillingness to subject its beliefs, laws and practices to critical examination, by a lack of respect for the rights of the individual, and by an unwillingness to tolerate alternative viewpoints or to engage in constructive dialogue.http://www.light-of-life.com/.... Investigate Islam from a Christian point of view! [ Islam and Gospel Qur'an and Bible Islamic Sources Revealing Islam Islamic Law Present day Islam Answering Islam Questioning Islam]
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