Comments on: House Church 101: Not Just a Small Group (Part 1) http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2010/01/05/house-church-101-not-just-a-small-group-part-1/ From the Leaders of The Well Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: House Church 101: Not Just a Small Group (Part 2) « A House Church Blog http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2010/01/05/house-church-101-not-just-a-small-group-part-1/#comment-305 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:56:58 +0000 http://leavethebuildingblog.com/?p=270#comment-305 [...] on some concepts and content introduced in that post, so if you haven’t already read, please click here to check it [...]

]]> By: John Ramsey http://leavethebuildingblog.com/2010/01/05/house-church-101-not-just-a-small-group-part-1/#comment-303 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:02:05 +0000 http://leavethebuildingblog.com/?p=270#comment-303 Small groups tend to cause division precisely because they organize based on non-geographic demographics (age, status, career, personal interests, etc.). In high school these are called cliques.

Like cliques, small groups often focus on personality rather than on community. I remember going to so-and-so’s home group. So-and-so was responsible for running the show much the same way a pastor runs a Sunday morning meeting.

Inevitably someone feels unwelcome by the clique (usually because they aren’t welcome).

House churches are not immune to personality cliques, either, by the way.

Certainly, many personality cults in the modern church offer to feed the multitudes. Obviously, some people see no problem with this.

I agree with your analysis, but from a Scriptural perspective, why is community more important than “getting fed” by the leader? In other words, by what authority to you claim that one model is better than another?

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