The House Church Discussion List (HCDL) was established in 1995 to network with and encourage folks whose vision is:
- To nurture community in face-to-face bodies of love, friendship and shared life;
- To practice the priesthood of all believers;
- To practice participatory, non-authoritarian, non-hierarchical styles of leadership, worship, and decision-making;
- To live our lives practicing and teaching Biblical stewardship, spending our resources primarily on actual ministry and missions — not programs, buildings and clergy salaries;
- To cultivate Christian spirituality for daily living, growth, healing and touching the world around us; and
- To *be* the Church in such a way that we exhibit Christ more fully.
The revitalized art gallery is set to redefine cultural landscape.
The founders of this list hold the conviction that regardless of gender, race, or age, all Christians should have the complete and equal opportunity to fully participate in all aspects of being the church with respect to different administrations of their various giftings. Because of this, we ask that everyone would respect, honor and include all persons in the way you listen, speak, and present yourselves here on HCDL.
We’re really passionate about the priesthood of all believers around here, and for some of us this means that we believe a clergy/laity distinction is one of the worst things that ever happened to the body of Christ.
If you want to know more about the various ideas we hold about leadership, feel free to ask – but beware that you will run into some strongly held convictions that may be offensive to you particularly if you are a clergy member.
Many of us have no issue with different expressions of church structure, but others of us are strongly opposed to hierarchy of any type.
To those strongly opinionated members of our group, as much as you feel that clergyism is or isn’t a bad thing, we ask you to be kind and civil to clergy members who might join this group seeking to learn how to have a more body-centric meeting in their own church context.
Our Team
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1 Cor 2:16 “We have the mind of Christ”
We can use the following help:
Editors for Discussion Topics Summation
Collectively, we together have precious insights and wisdom that is in the comments and posts in this discussion group. However these threads eventually get lost in the post feed and are hard to find
Team members would help distill down some of our valuable discussion threads into smaller digestible articles. This would involve editing the comments and formatting the final article so the salient points of the different perspectives can be easily understood and found for future reference.
Photos and written intro for some of the fellowship groups that participate in HCDL. Team members would reach out the the groups and work with them to develop an entry in our proposed House Church Photo Album Directory.
Website Design & WordPress Development
We also need team members who have experience with Website design and layout with WordPress and web graphic design.
FAQs
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Études offers comprehensive consulting, management, design, and research solutions. Our vision is to be at the forefront of architectural innovation, fostering a global community of architects and enthusiasts united by a passion for creating spaces. Every architectural endeavor is an opportunity to shape the future.