HOUSECHURCH

1.   Buildings: Jesus shifted the holy temple from a stone building to human heart (1 Cor. 3:16). For 300 years the NT church functioned in the homes of the people without any specifically constructed sacred buildings and grew exponentially until Constantine built the first cathedral in Rome.   Our Response: Build more buildings. Brick an mortar has done more harm to church growth and multiplication than anything else. Every dollar spent on building sends someone to hell. Every 4 seconds someone dies in India without hearing the gospel and goes to hell.  Remember: God does not live in buildings made with human hands. (Acts 7:48,49) 2. Priesthood: The OT consisted of priesthood of hereditary Levites. Anyone could become a prophet but never a priest. Jesus changed all that so that in His church there is priesthood of all believers. Every believer is a royal priests. (Rev. 5:9,10; 1 Peter 2:9)  Our response: Even though in the ...

Starfish a unique sea fish which after being divided into pieces has the capacity to regenerate to the extent that every piece can become another starfish. It typifies and house church. The more it divides the more it multiplies. The starfish Alliance is a loose alliance of like minded people who are committed to Finishing the Task (FTT) of the Great Commission of discipling all nations. It is a movement rather than an organization.