Food for thought:

Today is the first open Net2Church gathering in over three years. I have chosen my home instead of a church setting (though it is sure to be crowded) to help people see this ministry as a relational cause or purpose, in a "people helping people" relational environment.

I know this is strictly my own opinion, and I am not trying to "sell" this concept, but ministries are made up of people focused on a purpose or a cause. The danger of buildings and structures (even Crestwood) is that the structures are often identified as the ministry (assuming the cause is fellowship). "I go to that church". No church structure has ever loved me. People have loved me (or not). And the truth is that I prefer home fellowshipping over church building gatherings because there is less preaching and more relating - it is far more interactive and loving for me, and I don't have time for both. Intimacy is not optional in the body of Christ. God requires it, and we need to strive for it or we will never be accountable to righteousness with one another.

The exception to this is corporate worship. This is where the whole body of Christ comes together (no denominational lines) to sing and dance and otherwise celebrate our "Lord with us". This is certainly a "the more the merrier" time. My heart is to cast the pews out and bring in the musicians to the center of the room (David's tent style). A time of dancing and scripture reading and more. Haven't been to that church yet. (But I'm willing to build it... it did go 24/7...hehehe!)

When I first took the ministry team to Crestwood, I stood in the middle of a large field with them and pointed to the 100 amp power service that someone had already placed there. I said; "I see David's tent. Perhaps we could see this for just one 24/7 period. If we could do that, wouldn't that be a great start? The power supply was not originally intended for musical instruments - but yet here it is, ready for us."