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Various "types" of churches 
church in Jurong West vicinity 
City Harvest (Liz R.)
Sorry, City Harvest is not Traditional Church, Lolz...eom (Emmanuel)
The true City (Ivan)
Impressive (RTC)
What great feats of men to turn the wasteland into a holy masterpiece sanctuary of God! (Ivan)
Reasons??? (RTC)
I believe every building of a new church is a testimony of the members' faith in a great God (Ivan)
I can see that, but can you see this? (RTC)
In times like these (Ivan)
If so... (John Doe 666)
Who is missing: "ch_rch" (Ivan)
Did you miss it? (John Doe 666)
Yah, I understand but can we have both and all done to glorify God. eom. (Ivan)
Not possible if the glory has already been given to the magnificant building....eom (John Doe 666)
We don't give glory to a building; we give glory to God by building the new CHC.eom. (Ivan)
Out of Sync (RTC)
Out of Step (Ivan)
Yep, resistant to change (RTC)
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In his book, "The Bride", Charles Swindoll wrote,
In fact, there are various kinds or styles of churches referred to these days. One authority has divided churches into four types. First, he names the body church. It is a church that holds no property and needs none. It arranges its worship gatherings according to convenient places to meet. Sometimes if necessary, quarters will be rented, but never owned. This network of congregational life is most often comprised of small groups, bound together by large group corporate worship gatherings on a few occasions. But normally it meets in small segments. A second type of church is what he calls the cathedral church. Regardless of its size, this is a church that sees the building as the church. And whatever happens in the name of the church almost without exception happens inside that building or on its campus. Third, he mentions the tabernacle church. This is a congregation of people who have a building, but its building is strictly secondary or functionary. The structure is never considered a holy place in any inherent sense of the word. It is a place that gets people out of the weather, gives them a roof over their heads, and provides a measure of comfort and identity. To them, the facilities serve practical purposes that help in the function of the church. Many things happen in the life of that church outside the building, sometimes many miles removed from its home structure. The fourth one he mentions is the phantom church. This congregation prides itself in having no building of any kind ...ever. The problem is that it has very little organisation of any kind. It is not unlike a Rorschach ink-blot test - each person is able to make of it what he wishes. So, your church will fit the body church. Right? The new CHC will match the cathedral church except that they also meet in home cells on weekday. The "to-ing and fro-ing" will not get us anywhere; we just have to wait for the Lord's transportation to the City whose builder and maker is God. Anyway, thanks for the exchange. Cheers! :-)
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Types of churches by RTC, 2002, Jan 06
Going by your humanistic definitions, how do you define "a church without walls"? Is it institutional or organic? by Ivan, 2002, Jan 06
Define this first by RTC, 2002, Jan 07
RTC: Rest The Case. by Ivan, 2002, Jan 07
Not so fast by RTC, 2002, Jan 07
THE BIG QUESTION by Ivan, 2002, Jan 07
The BIG answer by RTC, 2002, Jan 08
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