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How to Start a Lay Church, Principle II: Establish that Sunday is not the Main Service

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Pastor Foley

Getting together for Sunday worship is so fundamental to westerners that we’ve made that gathering synonymous with the word “church.” It’s hard for us to conceive of a way of being Christian that’s not centered around 11AM Sunday morning. But … Continue reading →

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How to Start a Lay Church, Principle I: Don’t Make it Easy to Get In

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Pastor Foley

Don’t set up silly human preconditions and barriers, either. But do make sure people are joining your lay church for the right reason, which is because they’re serious about growing to fullness in Christ. That’s what Jesus himself did, after … Continue reading →

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Church is for Amateurs, Part III: The Doers of The Word Evangelical Church of the Fourth Order Springs to Life

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Pastor Foley

So for the last several years we’ve been learning, along with North Korean Christians, how to do lay church—and it’s been beyond exciting to watch the results. In the time it takes American Christians to come to understand even the … Continue reading →

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