Basic Churches are Real Churches

Simple churches (house churches, cell churches, or basic churches) are not the only ways to spread the gospel and reach people. They are, however, one important way. This book does not contend that basic churches are the only way to do church in the 21st century. It does contend they are one way. Basic churches are real churches.

Ebbie C. Smith served fifteen years in Indonesia with the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and twenty-four years as professor of Christian Ethics and Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In retirement, he continues to express interest in church multiplication. In this book Smith calls for the acceptance of simple churches, house churches, or as he prefers to call them, basic churches.