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The House Church    The House Church | Discussion Meetings | House Church Movement

I support the home church movement, but I'm unwilling to say that the home church model is the best, or that it is the only model endorsed by the Bible.
One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church In these articles I discuss my conclusions about Christianity, the church, the truth.
Church Reform In every age the Catholic Church is in need of reform. But what kind of reform is needed?
The Orthodox Church The purpose of this article is to explain why I believe the Orthodox Church is not the one and only true church as she claims to be.
Home Bible Community Home Bible Community is a denomination based on radical changes to the traditional church model as well as important differences with the House Church model.
The Church Refreshed My perspective on the Church and Christianity.
The Early Church Which is the "True" Church?
Teaching Authority The fundamental question we must answer is "who do we trust?"
The Early Church We should learn about the faith-life and practice of the early church.
Overview of My Ideas I list them.
Peter is the Rock The role of Peter in the church and whether the Catholic of the papacy is justified.
How to know what is true In my 16 years as a Christian I encountered many truth-claims.
How to Select a Church My criteria.
Essential Doctrines A teaching must satisfy certain conditions to be an essential, core Christian truth
What Is Next? I can no longer in good conscience claim that the Catholic Church is what she claims to be.
What I Believe Still a Spirit-filled, born-again, conservative Christian.
One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church Jesus clearly established a church, a unified church, a holy church, the apostolic church. I discuss this using quotations from the Bible.
Christian Unity What binds Christians together and makes us all brothers and sisters? Christians are in unity with one another because they are united with Christ, the head of the church.
The True Church Which church is the true church?
Church Governance There is no single world-wide church of Christ, no global Christian institution to which all Christians belong. Church governance is varied and fragmented. In short, church governance is local, not global.
Defending apostolic faith Articles by topic and source (Bible, Church Fathers, Church Councils, etc.).

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