How to Meet under Headship

What would church life look like if Jesus Christ truly presided over every gathering?

In How to Meet, Gene Edwards offers a bold and practical invitation to rediscover the simplicity and spiritual depth of first-century church life. This book challenges conventional patterns of church meetings and calls believers back to gatherings shaped not by tradition, programs, or hierarchy-but by the living headship of Jesus Christ.

Drawing from Scripture, experience, and decades of ministry, Edwards explores what it means for Christians to meet in homes with full participation, spiritual freedom, and shared responsibility. This is not merely a change of location from buildings to living rooms-it is a radical rethinking of how the church gathers and functions.

Inside this book, you will discover:

- Why the New Testament church met in homes

- What it means to meet under Christ's direct leadership

- Practical insights for participatory gatherings

- A biblical alternative to clergy-centered meetings

- The role of itinerant workers and lay-led assemblies

Written with clarity, conviction, and pastoral insight, How to Meet speaks to believers who long for authentic Christian fellowship and deeper spiritual life.

Ideal for:

- House church leaders and planters

- Christians exploring organic church life

- Readers interested in biblical ecclesiology

This book is both a challenge and an invitation-to rediscover the living Christ at the center of His church.

Gene Edwards, one of the world's most beloved Christian storytellers, blazed new trails in the revelation of the mystery of Christ and His church. He authored over thirty books, translated into many languages, including his bestsellers, A Tale of Three Kings, The Divine Romance, and The Prisoner in the Third Cell. In his extensive biblical fiction are such titles as The Highest Life, The Secret to the Christian Life, The Inward Journey, the series The Chronicles of Heaven, and The First Century Diaries. During his seventy years of ministry, he traveled extensively to hold conferences and raise organic churches in the U.S. and other nations and helped them toward a deeper Christian life and experience of church as it originally was practiced in the first century.Gene went to be with his beloved Lord in December of 2022, leaving a profound literary and spiritual legacy that continues to inspire generations of believers.