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    Starting Organic Churches
    Starting Organic Churches
    Starting Organic Churches
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    Starting Organic Churches

    By Milt Rodriguez

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    Learning how you can gather together a group of Christians with the view in mind of starting an organic expression of the church.  What we mean by "an organic expression" in a community of believers in Jesus Christ who are meeting informally in homes (and other places) with institutional rules and regulations.  It also means that in such groups there is no hiearchial or institutional style of leadership.  All of the believers function equally under the direction and headship of Jesus Christ!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOne Life Publishing
    Release dateJul 5, 2020
    ISBN9781393255949
    Starting Organic Churches
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    Milt Rodriguez

    Milt and his wife Mary have been writing, speaking, and planting organic New Testament style house churches for over thirty years.  Glean from their experience and learn how you can start a new group with their help!

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      Starting Organic Churches - Milt Rodriguez

      Milt Rodriguez

      Introduction

      This book was written for the express purpose of helping you to start an organic group of believers.  Here is a brief definition of what we feel is an organic church:

      Briefly defined, an organic church is a group of believers in Jesus Christ who are learning to live by the indwelling Lord together. They have left behind the man-made religious system normally referred to as Christianity, along with all of the baggage associated with that system. They have embraced Christ alone as their only Life, Center, and Head of the church. They are learning to function as the Body of Christ in order to express His fullness. They are learning to live together as His house and His family in face-to-face community.

      The church of Jesus Christ is not just a happenstance meeting of a few believers who bump into one another at Starbucks one day!  It is very intentionally purposed and ordained by God.  It is a building that is being fitted or built together.  That shows the intentional nature of the church!  God very deliberately brings people together to build and fit His house.  They are then being knitted together like a great tapestry to express the fullness of our glorious Christ!

      For a more detailed description of this being knit together, see this book:

      The Coat of Many Colors

      If you need a fuller definition and description of organic church life then I recommend these websites:

      http://www.OrganicChurch.org

      http://www.HouseChurchResource.org

      http://www.TheRebuilders.org

      http://www.MiltRodriguez.com

      My co-workers and I have been working in this field (outside the institutions) for decades.  We have seen that this trend is actually not a trend at all but a deep hunger and desire inside of God's people for the expression of His Life in and through His people.  We have observed a lot.  We have made many attempts at arriving at a solution that is not only more biblical but also nearer to the heart of Jesus Christ for His Body.  Many of those attempts have failed.  But, throughout the years I believe that we have learned some things.  It has mostly been a case of trial and error but we have also been learning from those mistakes.  We have also learned from the mistakes of others making similar attempts throughout history.

      What I am saying is that we are definitely not experts in this field!  Neither do we have the only way of doing things.  However, my co-workers and I believe that we do have a contribution to make and by God's grace we are going to make it!  There are many others who are making contributions in similar (but yet different) ways.  Many of them are our friends and we are all attempting to learn from one another.  No one individual (or group of individuals) have all the pieces to the puzzle.  But, I firmly believe, together we can find the full mind of Christ.

      So please understand that I offer this writing to you as one who has been around the block so to speak.  We have started many organic groups.  We have also planted many organic churches.  There is a big difference between starting and planting which I will explain to you in the upcoming pages of this book.  What I am saying is that this information has come through much experience in the field and not just as an armchair observer!  It has come through years of blood, sweat, and tears.  And now I offer this information to you.

      But that's not all I am offering!  This book comes with a special offering of a much more personal nature.

      I will give you this very special offering at the end of this book.

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      But please don't skip ahead.  You will get to it soon enough!  (It

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