Variety
Gary, your comment: "So I'll start with the generalization that all churches have little variety. Mine has different services from the prayer book and they are not followed rigidly, but there is a sameness to the style. And I expect that the others are much the same. Certainly the strength of Holy Tinity is the good teaching."
Agree with you on that last point. And if anyone wants to savour the good teaching that Gary is used to, here's an opportunity at the BHC Summer Convention (Paul Barker is one speaker, Mike Raiter who is an equally gifted teacher - Moore College Sydney, where else? - is the other).
Now, mine is different. Home-churches have certain strengths (and some weaknesses which could be fixed - given the will). Lack of teaching is one, but conventions (such as BHC) provide opportunity to address this shortfall. One major advantage is the opportunity for each member to participate in prayer and with a personal word, such as 1Cor14:26 "What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up".
Another advantage is the saving in costs, time and energy on building/property management and bureaucracy. Those of us studying Acts, comments? Gary, you've done Acts also!
# posted by geoff @ 2:09 pm
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