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Hope Chapel Manoa's Website
New Wine for the New Wineskins - Audio of Hope Chapel Manoa's process from corporate service to house church meetings.
House Church Thoughts - Pastor Mark's Blog
Church Multiplication Associates - Neil Coles Ministry on organic church
The Barna Group - Pollster and author of "Revolutionaries," Barna is saying people are leaving institutional church to save their faith. The stats are showing leaders are leaving churches but they are not backsliding, they are simply doing church differently.
Here is an excerpt from his site:
One of the most startling trends revealed by Barna relates to a group he calls Revolutionaries. These are individuals who are deeply committed to Christ, and want more of God in their lives. Frustrated by churches in the attempts to satisfy that longing, these individuals have crafted entirely new spiritual environments that draw them closer to God and other believers, without the help of a conventional church. “There are well over 20 million adults who are pursuing a Revolutionary faith that is reminiscent of the early Church. They are meeting in homes, at work, in public places – wherever they can connect and share their mutual love for Christ and pursue their desire to be obedient servants of God. The energy and passion exhibited by these people is quite refreshing.”
Barna was so taken by the commitment and sincerity of these Revolutionaries that he has conducted more extensive research on the group and has written a book, entitled Revolution, about their thinking and their journey. It is the first of several such books he plans to publish, in addition to helping a variety of Revolutionaries describe their experiences as an outside-the-box follower of Christ. Barna revealed that the book, released in October, has been his fastest selling book to date, which he believes is reflective of the hunger for authentic and genuine expressions of the Christian faith that is in the hearts of millions of Americans.
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