In this episode, we talk about some of the most common struggles we see house churches experience, including both over and under structuring their gatherings and difficulty developing healthy patterns for leadership. Sometimes, these happen when we run from any sense of organization out of fear of falling back into those old ways. That often starts from an unhealthy form of “deconstruction,” which we take a moment to address in the first half of this episode. Other times, these struggles come from a tendency to lean back on and rebuild old institutionalized ways when we aren’t sure what to do. Here, we suggest foundational and practical ways to move forward from both issues by bringing the focus away from liturgy and titles and towards purpose and people.

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Intro/Outro music: ⁠⁠Too Close-Instrumental Version by Peter Spacey and Danny Feels

Check out this trailer for a brief introduction about the Why House Church podcast. Intro/Outro music: ⁠⁠Too Close-Instrumental Version by Peter Spacey and Danny Feels

In this episode, we begin to address the elephant in the room: why not institutionalized church (featuring side tangents on blood letting, neck popping, and more). At the core of our concerns, we discuss how institutionalized church structures inherently encourage a consumeristic and individualized approach to faith, as opposed to a participatory and communal approach. We also talk about how popular house church voices too often unfairly blame the people in these churches as the problem when the issues are about the structure, not the hearts of our brothers and sisters in Christ.

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Intro/Outro music: Too Close-Instrumental Version by Peter Spacey and Danny Feels