House Church Training
What is a House Church Leader?
“A House Church Leader is a follower of Jesus, leading others to experience the life of Jesus in community. They are discovered, developed and deployed to lead their communities, entrusted by the Church to shepherd people.”
You have said yes to a life of…
CONVERSION
You are a passionate, resilient follower of Jesus. You are seeking to model your life the way that he did his. You confess that Jesus is Lord and God raised him from the dead, therefore you are growing, and learning to walk with him in everything you do.
CHARACTER
You are “good soil” that has allowed the work of the Holy Spirit to transform your life. Your life is one that others can model and experience life that is truly alive. You are not perfect or without flaw, but there is an attitude towards constantly leaning into being transformed towards Chrsitlikeness. You are humble, hungry, healthy, holy, happy, and hidden.
COMPETENCY
Your desire to be with Jesus and to model your life after Him is one that others are drawn to. You create spaces for people to be known and welcomed as they are. You have chosen to remain in Jesus and have seen fruit because of that pursuit and sacrifice. You are called and able to follow through with the task that has been given to you.
CONVICTION
You lead and live with respect to historic Christian orthodoxy and the doctrines held by Steadfast Church.
CHEMISTRY
You embody the culture and vision of Steadfast Church.
Leadership Images:
The Shepherd
The Gardener
The Parent
The Embodied Leader
An empowered leader is an embodied leader. What’s inside of you is what you will build around you. What we model is just as important as our message. This is not a checklist, task oriented, management driven way of leadership. This is a way of life empowered by the Holy Spirit.
What is a House Church?
“A House Church is our primary environment to experience life in the kingdom of God and discipleship.”
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”
Acts 2:42-47
House Church is an environment…
…structured around simple gatherings (scripture, family, table, prayer)…
…that is committed to one another. Where you can confidently say “this is our church”…
…where there is no need among us…
…that multiplies…
…that doesn’t exist for itself…
…that exercises the gifts of the spirit…
Structure
SCRIPTURE
Not simply reading out loud, but engaging with what the word is to you and your life.
FAMILY
Creating space and time for people to connect, become known, for friendships to form, and for life to be shared. We are opening up our homes and our lives.
TABLE
Every time you gather, every time we eat together, we remember Jesus’ sacrifice by celebrating the Lords Supper. This is best expressed in a meal together around a table.
PRAYER
We create space for God to minister to his people. This isn’t anything we have to force, it is simply an opportunity to see the kindness of God, captives to be set free, and our identities in Christ realized.
How does this happen?
Overtime and not all at once!
With intentionality.
By making mistakes.
With a plurality of leaders.
By paying attention to our lives and House Churches.
By staying rooted.
What’s Next?
The Ask
If you feel the call into this, we are looking for people to lead (or help lead) brand new House Churches.
Leader Commitments:
Commit to the 5 C’s
Commit to gather weekly (regularly) with the House Church
Commit to attend Sunday gatherings
Commit to serve on team at Steadfast Church
Commit to pray for the people in the HC once a week
Commit to at least 1 personal touch point per month with people in the HC
Commit to multiplying at least 1 house church
Commit to attend leader training
Commit to attend monthly Leadership Community meetings