Communion among the first believers

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The early Christians celebrated the Lord’s Supper differently than we do today. They did not perform it in a religious meeting place but in the houses where they lived. They did not have a liturgical program to celebrate the Lord’s...

A New Family

By Stephen Daigle, College and Young Adult Pastor at Celebration Church, www.celebrationchurch.org Salvation is a community-creating event. From the moment we are born, we are wired to connect with our parents out of necessity. The same is true spiritually, when an...

A God Who Makes House Calls

By Rob Campbell, Founding Pastor, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Acts 5:42 and Acts 20:20 are two key scriptures regarding places of worship.  The early church gathered at the Temple and in homes.  Jesus modeled this during his earthly ministry.  The church where you...

Class or Family?

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Does your group function as a class or a family? In 1 Timothy 3:15, Paul says, “if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and...