House Church ministries mentioned in the New Testament:
Acts 2:46, Rom.16:5, 1 Cor.16:19, Col.4:15, Philem.2

There is no mention of a building structures for any gathering in the New Testament, except for: Matt.17:4-5 where our
Heavenly Father tells Peter to be quiet and listen to His Son.

We try to trust the Holy Spirit to be unique with each gathering.

We try not to control the gathering unless it is a major doctrinal issue.

We try to give a fellowship gathering the opportunity to clean up any mess.
We try not get embarrassed concerning damage control as sometimes the correction is the better lesson when the Holy Spirit is training the Saints.
Where the crib is clean there are no oxen. Proverbs 14:1

We try to identify and confirm each saint’s new nature in Christ Jesus.
1 Cor. 14:26-33

A discipleship program has the potential of teaching disciples to be
spiritual rabbits rather than becoming church elephants.

We should teach disciples to share what they know as they grow.

Our Lord trained His disciples with an exponential growth model.
Each one to mentor one. They went out two by two…

Church Growth: In China and India buildings would be a major obstruction and
divert funding needed for the Gospel into building programs
that would only make a bigger target for their enemies.

Galina, a grandmother in the Ukraine has planted over 100 churches in the last 2 years.

The Ukraine Church explosion has gone from
33 churches in June 2002 to 400 today.

The Brazil the “House Church” movement is growing at an est. 25 % per year,
www.globeeurope.org

Fr. Guy Peltz, a wonderful Episcopal Priest once said to me,
“My congregation has become a collection of God’s frozen chosen
dedicated to the preservation of the stuff. “

39 million in 1991 non churched Christians increased to 75 million in the last 10 years. Barna Research Group Study

112 million Christians around the world no longer attend church services, the number is expected to double by 2024. Many said that they had left their church not because they had lost their faith but because they did not want to loose it. Christian Encyclopedia

Present day evangelism is not even keeping up with the national birth rate.

It takes $20,000 in giving to gain a one member increase in church membership in America.

In India It takes $1.00 to support a ministry in bringing one soul to
Jesus Christ as Lord

“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” (2 Tim.2:2)

If one Disciple mentors one disciple each year.
1 – 2 – 4 – 8 – 16 – 32 – 64 – 128 – 256 – 512 – 1,024 – 2,048 – 4,096 – 8,192 (14 yrs.)
Beans as shown or Disciples
16,384 – 32,768 – 65,536 – 131,072 – 262,144 – 524,288 – 1,048,576 (21 yrs.)
2,097,152 – 4,194,304 – 8,388,608 – 16,777,216 – 33,554,432 – 67,108,864 (27 yrs.)
134,217,728 – 328,435,456 – 536,870,912 – 1,073,741,824 – 2,147,483,648 (32 yrs.)
4,294,967,296 – 8,589,934,592 (34 yrs.)
(Our Lord gained 120 disciples in just 3 years.)