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Concerns on starting a house church
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1) Are we really letting strangers into our home? How do we know what they really want? Isn’t there the danger of them bringing weapons? You can think I’m being overly cautious. But, if something happens, it’s on me. It’s the man’s responsibility to protect his home, not open it up to threats.
2) Say we’re doing “coffee shop” evangelism, sitting and talking house church stuff. We strike up a conversation and they are interested. We don’t know these people from Ad… Continue
1) Are we really letting strangers into our home? How do we know what they really want? Isn’t there the danger of them bringing weapons? You can think I’m being overly cautious. But, if something happens, it’s on me. It’s the man’s responsibility to protect his home, not open it up to threats.
2) Say we’re doing “coffee shop” evangelism, sitting and talking house church stuff. We strike up a conversation and they are interested. We don’t know these people from Ad… Continue
Posted on December 27, 2008 at 7:28pm — 1 Comment
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But seriously, I met a couple from New York once who had me over as part of a church fellowship hospitality thing, and the man of the house told me the same thing about when they start doing that. It's possible -- yes -- but not likely. Most people who are intensely interested in Jesus Christ are not dangerous in the least -- even the ones who used to be.
It's the people who are between loving the world and knowing God that you have to be most cautious with. (and maybe fanatical religious nuts who want to overthrow the government with arms) As you go along, you'll begin to discern some things. You'll run into some flakes, but you'll start to see the patterns after a while.