Christian Community Care Network Inc
School in Brisbane

We are a church that is committed to equipping believers and reaching the un-church through small home based churches. We can see that the term 'church' cannot exclusively be used for the name of a local congregation but, whenever, they are 'the people of God, as Howard Snyder puts it, however or wherever they meet together'. Finally of course, these are part of the entire church or people of God worldwide. Following on, such as Brisbane or Tamworth, we can identify 'the church' of a city or town, as each grouping is a part of the church of Australia. Hundreds of 'the people of God' or 'church' of a suburb or district may meet together in a hall. Next, we can then have a few families of the church gathering together in a neighbourhood home. We are told; 'For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them.' (Matt. 18:20). This is obviously one form of the 'people of God' or 'church' gathering together. Jesus taught thousands at a time but His optimum number for His equipping ministry was twelve.Within His small group He had a closer association with three. The instruction of the commandments would have been carried out in the family.Great gatherings of all 'the people of God' were carried out a few times a year at their feasts. Families, clans and tribes were the basic social structure. Moses appointed rulers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. The Bible shows us that groupings of 'the people of God' occurred in numbers large and small. Howard Snyder in his book 'The Problem of Wine Skins' says the term church refers to 'the people of God whenever, however or wherever they meet together'. However, some have yet to realize that the 'church' is not restricted to a particular style or number of people. Martin Luther said, "Those who want to be Christians in earnest and who profess the gospel with hand and mouth, should sign their names and meet alone in a house somewhere, to pray, to baptize, to receive the sacrament and to do other Christian works." WHERE IS 'CHURCH'? Some people ask the question 'Is the meeting in the home the church, or is it when they congregate together?' Many people have become aware that 'the church' is not the building, but rather the people of God gathered together. "No circuit, he said "ever did or ever will flourish unless there are small groups in the large society. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church, used meetings of twelve to disciple. (Acts 20:20). They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts." (Acts 2:46) The apostle Paul's ministry was both 'public' and 'house to house'. "Every day they continued to meet in the temple courts. (Rom. 16:5, Col. 4:15, 1 Cor. 16:19, Philemon 2). The temple courts provided believers with a public witness but the love and care for each other was worked out in the home. It was in homes that the early Christians met to worship. The principle of the home church is as old as the Bible itself. A home church consists of small groups of 8-12 Christians who meet for the purpose of edification, evangelism and pastoral care. Home churches meet weekly, with corporate celebrations on an average of once a month.A team of equipping leaders also work to train and release believers into their full potential through our School of Ministry. (more).