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Life decides size 

Forum: Theological Expressions
Re: Helping My friend RTC to see. (frank)
Re: Something for Frank (RTC)
Re: How big should one house church grow to, before a new one should be started?
Date: 2001, Apr 27
From: RTC

The size of the house church is naturally constrained by the quality of the church life. The Bible does not put a number to it so I am not going to fall for the trap of legislating a number and then have you bombard me. That has no bearing on the fact that house churches were the expression of the NT and it is still biblical, as much as you would hate to admit it. As far as I am concerned, each house church is well able to decide for itself what is the size comfortable and suitable for the spontaneous expression of everyone. If you want to cramp 100 people into your house and have a 24 hour meeting to wait for everyone to participate you also can, though I suspect you will have probably killed off the life halfway through by institutionalising a format. House church researches have given a guide of not more than 20 people in a house church for an effective and vibrant church. That's just a guide which they have found it useful. Incidentally the cell church model looks at between 12-15 people, so I guess it should be right about there.

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Messages Inline: Outline:

1. Nonsense!!!!, 2001, Apr 27

(_ Rebutting your nonsense by RTC, 2001, Apr 28

(_ Refutting your errors!, 2001, Apr 28

(_ Now refuting your errors by RTC, 2001, Apr 29

(_ RTC doesn't know how to read the Bible!!?!!, 2001, Apr 29

(_ You don't seem to fare any better either by RTC, 2001, Apr 30

(_ You read the commentary, I read my Bible,, 2001, Apr 30

(_ I read my Bible and my commentary by RTC, 2001, Apr 30

(_ Can misread Bible, can also choose only the commentary you want., 2001, May 01

(_ And that applies to you as well by RTC, 2001, May 02

(_ The commentary you quoted doesn't even support your housechurch theory., 2001, May 02

1. Does it not shows RTC blundered,again?n/t, 2001, May 02

2. You can't even read the commentary properly by RTC, 2001, May 03

1. Which dumb commentator will tell you that the local church is..., 2001, May 03

(_ Ah so I am vindicated! by RTC, 2001, May 03

(_ Ah so you're still so blind!, 2001, May 03

(_ And yet I see by RTC, 2001, May 04

(_ Can blind man be trusted?, 2001, May 04

1. Ditto, 2001, May 04

1. Why not? by RTC, 2001, May 08

(_ Now you're admitting there's teaching by the Apostle Paul in public places,, 2001, May 08

(_ Don't have to admit what I never deny in the first place by RTC, 2001, May 09

(_ Admit you don't even know what you're talking about., 2001, May 09

(_ You will have to do the admission, not me by RTC, 2001, May 09

(_ Jumbled up theory of the church of today,, 2001, May 09

(_ Yep, it's a big jumbo! by RTC, 2001, May 10

(_ Huh! Those verses doesn't prove a thing of your housechurch theory! , 2001, May 10

(_ If by RTC, 2001, May 10

2. Confuse theme with activities by RTC, 2001, May 08

1. Deny whatever they did also in public mass meetings all you want! Kon beh liau lah!, 2001, May 08

(_ Not denial, but proper understanding by RTC, 2001, May 08

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