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THE BIG QUESTION 
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)
Various "types" of churches (Ivan)
Types of churches (RTC)
Going by your humanistic definitions, how do you define "a church without walls"? Is it institutional or organic? (Ivan)
Define this first (RTC)
RTC: Rest The Case. (Ivan)
Not so fast (RTC)
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THE BIG QUESTION: The question is, does it happen in the cell group? And what is the basis for discounting it in the Sunday service in the first place?
My friend, I think I have found the key to the above big question that will unlock your understanding and bring you to an "alerted state of consciousness" in your experience of the "body life" whether in churches or house groups. If you understand what is the import of 1 Cor 14:26, you will agree that this is what is done in churches and house groups though not all encourage every activity specified here in any of these settings. Please note that "each of you who has a psalm, has a revelation, etc" points to a person doing any of such activity in a specified church gathering. The emphasis is on orderliness and edification of all church members so gathered whether such activities are predetermined or not. But in a house group or house church, for eg you can have more persons involved in leading in a psalm and encouraging those who know to follow along. To have order, then in such a case, it has to be done one at a time still. And you can allow for spontaneity too. It is OK to organise but not to exclude the Spirit-led activities (spontaneity) bearing in mind that achievements of orderliness and edification are of paramount importance. Finally, I can rest my case.
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