A True First Century Church

God is in the process of reviving His church to return to the ways of the first century Christians in the book of Acts.  The New Testament Church was one network of house churches - all united as one. These were not independent fellowships or denominations. They were one church - one body - under the guidance of the apostles and elders. No divisions, denominations or separations existed. Brothers and sisters, we need to be in tune with the way God is transforming His true church to the way it was at the beginning. It is nothing like the "church" system we have been operating in for centuries, and we need to be open and adaptable to His direction.  Below are three great descriptions by different authors that do a great job of describing the picture of what a True church should look like.

15 Theses. Wolfgang Simson - (click link to read whole article)
God is changing the Church, and that, in turn, will change the world. Millions of Christians around the world are aware of an imminent reformation of global proportions. They say, in effect: "Church as we know it is preventing Church as God wants it." A growing number of them are surprisingly hearing God say the very same things. There is a collective new awareness of age-old revelations, a corporate spiritual echo. In the following "15 Theses" I will summarize a part of this, and I am convinced that it reflects a part of what the Spirit of God is saying to the Church today. For some, it might be the proverbial fist-sized cloud on Elijah's sky. Others already feel the pouring rain.

Radical Chinese House Churches - (click link to read whole article)
There is a powerful anointed church in China. She is a beautiful bride prepared and waiting for her Bridegroom. I have read short accounts of God's testimony on the other side of the globe and been deeply challenged by their lives. Recently, at our Youth Bible School, we had the privilege of hearing a detailed account of many of their lives. Two men closely connected with the persecuted church in China shared their story. When the meeting was over, I sat and interviewed these two men, asking them specific questions which I felt would help us American Christians get a vision. This article is an account of that interview:

The Church of Tomorrow - (click link to read whole article)

A lot of people probably read some of the writings on this website and wonder, "Where is all this headed? What is the goal?" A glib answer might be- "We want to get back to real 'New Testament' Christianity." But what exactly does that look like? This is an important topic - and something I have pondered a great deal over the years. What exactly would the 'New Testament Church' look like if it was translated into a modern western city?