The Church Comes Home: Building Community and Mission through Home Churches

Robert J. Banks/ Julia Banks

ISBN 10: 156563179X / ISBN 13: 9781565631793

Published by Hendrickson Pub, 1998

About this Item

subsequent edition. 260 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 156563179X

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Church Comes Home: Building Community and Mission through Home Churches
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156563179X
• ISBN 13: 9781565631793
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.38 kilograms

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Synopsis

In our modern dislocated society many are searching for a church experience that offers true Christian sharing, nurturing, and discipleship, in addition to teaching and worship. For many such people the answer is found in the home church: a small, committed group of often diverse people who meet together in homes to pray, eat, sing, study, and share their lives.

The Church Comes Home is a handbook for those interested in home churches. It is both visionary and practical. It describes how home churches can be formed, how they should grow, and how networks of home churches can develop. It examines issues-for example, how to make decisions; how to determine doctrine; how to include children, singles, elders; and how to reach out to the community at large-and offers practical suggestions for their resolution.

About the Author

Robert Banks is Professor of the Ministry of the Laity and Chair of the Ministry Division at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.

Julia Banks and her husband Robert have been involved with home churches for over twenty-five years. Together they have led seminars and assissted congregations in developing this style of gather in many parts of the world. Julia coordingateds the community house in which she and Rob live with a group of students. She is also active as a church planter and in building networks among house churches.