Andy Proper’s One Month Review of “Home” Church-ing
Andy Proper

April 27th, 2008
It’s been a month since Hope Chapel Mana`olana, my church body here on O`ahu, made the change to the house/garage/beach church model. Enough time to begin to measure some results.
First of all, what has this looked like?
It’s been meeting with some friends for BBQ, […]

My house S’out of the ordinary
That’s might Don’t want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house —The Talking Heads; Burning Down The House
I had my first real “meeting” (at least, first one in a building) last Saturday…and funny enough…it wasn’t in a house, but in, of all places, […]

Just in case you haven’t already checked out the 15 Theses from Wolfgang Simson, here’s a link to the page on our blog. It has a nice summary of some concepts of what we’re trying to get to.
The biggest problem I’m having with the transition to “homechurches” is this shift from location […]

Here’s a question for me and other pastors in the “traditional” church model. Can you leave? Can you leave and have the people you are responsible for training and equipping not only survive but thrive? Will they run off to another church or ministry or will they be able to feed themselves, […]

Here’s an interesting question from another blog called Kingdom Grace. Check the comments at the end
Mini-church Done Badly?
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“I’m not really a proponent of house churches, since most of them are quite insipid in my opinion.” (Frank Viola)
“We can talk a lot about a 24/7, Jesus-following lifestyle, but the reality […]

Here’s a couple of books I would would be remiss if I didn’t put up on a “must read” list for you.
First, if you want to see a different perspective of God, you gotta read “The Shack“. I read it in a couple of days as part of my conference/retreat last week. […]

We’ve got a forum/bulletinboard/discussion site up and running (looks like).  Some of the most helpful and productive things Mana’olana has ever done was our forum site a couple of years back.  Several really good bible studies, book studies and discussions were going on.  Got hacked (who would hack a church forum?) and out of commission […]

Just in case you haven’t heard…we’ve moved to - all over! Hope Chapel Manaolana is now more like the Manaolana Network. We’re meeting in homes, garages, front yards and coffee shops all over the island. This past Sunday (March 30, 2008) was the last day we are planning on meeting at Kahala […]