Nexus : the world house church movement reader / editor Rad Zdero.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-516) and indexes.

The Great Commission / Victor Choudhrie -- The promises of God and spiritual generations / Ross Rains -- The need for world revival / Nate Krupp -- A survey of the New Testament house churches / Del Birkey -- The nature and function of the early house churches / Rad Zdero -- Corporate functioning through personal giftedness in the early house churches / Del Birkey -- Local leadership in the early house churches / Rad Zdero -- The mission and the churches / Robert Banks -- The five-fold ministry and the foundations of the early church / Willie Joubert -- Apostolic strategies for growing and connecting the early house churches / Rad Zdero -- Ecclesiological and missional significance of the early house churches / Roger W. Gehring -- Were persecution, poverty, and progression the real reasons for first century house churches? ; The authority of 'apostolic tradition' in the New Testament era / Steve Atkerson -- Why do house churches and small groups persist throughout church history? / Mike Barnett -- The fall and rise of the church : the principle of restoration / Nate Krupp with Janice Woodrum -- The early church fathers and house churches / Beresford Job -- Constantine's revolution / Rad Zdero -- Church revitalization movements using house churches and small groups (150-1500 AD) / Nate Krupp with Janice Woodrum -- Church revitalization movements using house churches and small groups (1500-1800 AD) / Peter Bunton.

A body knit together / Tertullian -- Confession / Patrick of Ireland -- The Testament / Francis Of Assisi -- Yet the Lord's power went over all / George Fox -- A plain account of the people called Methodists / John Wesley -- Why so few revivals? / Charles Finney -- The 10 universal factors in church planting movements today / David Garrison -- 40 trends that are reshaping the church today / Robert Fitts, Sr. -- Case study (China) / Paul Hattaway -- Case study (India) / Victor Choudhrie -- Case study (Philippines) / Eman Abrea -- Case study (Philippines) / Romulos 'Molong' Nacua -- Case study (Cambodia) / David Garrison -- Case study (Myanmar) / Ram Khaw Lian -- Case study (Ethiopia) / Vision Video, Gateway Films -- Case study (Russia) / Harold Zimmerman -- Case study (Britain) / John Noble -- Case study (USA) / Neil Cole -- Case study (USA) / Tony and Felicity Dale -- Case study (Canada) / Rad Zdero -- Case study (Cuba) : how Fidel Castro launched 10,000 house churches / Mindy Belz -- Case study (Brazil) / Daniel Allen -- Case study (Ecuador) / Guy Muse -- Case study (Latin America) / John Driver -- How to start a house church ; How to have participatory house church meetings / Frank Viola.

True community / Rad Zdero -- The Lord's supper / Steve Atkerson -- Multiplying and networking house churches that saturate neighborhoods and nations / Neil Cole -- House churches and evangelism / Rad Zdero -- The five-fold ministry / Wolfgang Simson -- The types and qualifications of house church leaders / Victor Choudhrie -- The training of house church leaders / Victor Choudhrie -- The financial support of house church leaders / Rad Zdero -- New culture, new church / Rick Shrout -- Saturation house church planting / Robert Fitts, Sr. -- The spontaneous expansion of house church movements / John White -- Can house churches be part of the regional church? / Larry Kreider -- Can denominations and mission agencies help the house church movement? / Rad Zdero -- Can a traditional church transition to a house church network? / Jerry Steingard -- Can a traditional pastor transition to house churches? / Dan Williams -- Creating networking opportunities for house churches in Canada / Grace Wiebe -- Creating networking opportunities for house churches in Australia / Bessie Pereira.

Welcome to the Nexus, your point of connection to the world house church movement. Grassroots Christianity is exploding all over the world. Northern India sees 4,000 churches planted in just a decade. China witnesses 160,000 new believers baptized in a single year. Cuba's petrol crisis catalyzes the birth of almost 10,000 churches. What is happening in all these places? Saturation church planting through simple, inexpensive, participatory, reproducible, and missional communities of 'house churches'. Over thirty-five leaders, practitioners, and academics from all around the world have contributed their insight and experience in over sixty provocative articles. Let them inform, challenge, and invite you to start your own network of multiplying house churches no matter where you live. - Publisher.