This site will be dedicated to facilitating the planting and development of house churches in the city of Brisbane, Australia - and beyond! The aim is to create a resource pool for networking and equipping any disciple of Jesus Christ to join with the Lord in building a community of faith based in their own home.
It is my conviction that the nominal Full Gospel / Pentecostal churches have swung too far in favor of a clergy-dominated scenario which is actually disempowering the people who Jesus said should do greater works than He did. I am basing this statement on John 14:12, in which Jesus said:
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."
Jesus then goes onto say:
"And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. If you love Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:13-15)
Now if these verses describe the kind of thing that is going on in your church scene, then PRAISE GOD and let us know about it so we can rejoice with you.
These verses are for ALL BELIEVERS. Folks, we have got to believe these things! This is our Lord and Saviour speaking!
If you want more than the kind of Christianity where you are basically required to turn up, sing the words on the screen to the accompaniment of a loud rock band, pay money, hear a sermon, get hands laid on you and have a superficial chat afterwards over a cup of tea, then you might want to look into house churches.
If you are part of a small group where you are not allowed to or not expected to hear God's voice, move in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and pray fervently, then you are really missing out!
God wants to work miracles in our small groups! He wants us to learn to preach the gospel, teach God's word, heal the sick, cast out demons and lead people to Christ in our homes and out in the community.
If you have been sitting in church for 10 or more years and you have never experienced these things, why not? You have really been short-changed. Have another read of the gospels and the book of Acts, take another look at the promises of GOD!
Having experienced all these things overseas as a missionary in India and Romania, and having returned to Australia, it seems to me that by now, the Indians, the Africans, the Chinese and the Romanians amongst others ought to be sending missionaries to US here in AUSTRALIA - because people here quite frankly are not truly awake yet to what God is able and willing to do.
Australian missionaries who see God's power in Asia but NOT in Australia - could it be also because we are doing something OVER THERE that we are NOT doing here? Do we pray and fast HERE like we would if we were on a mission trip THERE? Do we see the kind of prayer meetings in Australia that characterise the places where God is moving?
Its time to actually do it HERE. We should contend for these things HERE. And we need to see THOUSANDS of leaders raised up and renewed again in God's service in this country. Instead of going to sleep because there is no one who wants to take up an offering for us here, we should GET INTO GOD and GET TO WORK and not wait around for someone to invite us to preach somewhere.