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H. The crowning standard of House Church

House churches, and churches of any kind, should never be exclusive entities cut off from the rest of the body of Christ. The litmus test used to discern if a house church is healthy is simple. The healthy house church will focus on loving the Lord, loving each other, reaching the lost and loving the rest of the body of Christ anywhere and everywhere. ~ House Church Networks , p. 16.

1. Loving the Lord

2. Loving each other

3. Reaching the lost

4. Loving the rest of the body of Christ anywhere and everywhere

V. The Church Defined as Extension of the Pentecost Event, Mull. pp. 7-17

Everyone personally needs a church. This hurting and confused world needs the church. It needs more churches.

~ A Biblical Church Planting Manual , p. 12.

A. Forrest, the shoe shine man: “Boss Man, I’m a churchman!”, p. 10.

1. Part of a “churched generation” of African-Americans whose entire personal and social lives were rooted in the Church, p. 9-10.