The Church of the Heart Podcast

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  1. Mar 24

    Apostolic Social Media

    Avoiding Isolation It has often been said that among house churches the greatest strength is also the greatest weakness. The strength of the small group church is relationship, flexibility and intimacy. The weakness, of course, is the tendency to become isolated. In this episode I’m going to be talking about the necessity of avoiding the house church “silo” and to be part of the expanding Kingdom of God. I describe the network of the Summit fellowships as being composed of numerous small group/simple churches which are functionally autonomous (each fellowship is a church). But, in addition, as the term network assumes, each of the small group churches are to be voluntarily interconnected, even interdependent. Over the 30+ year history of the summit community that second descriptive term “voluntarily interdependent” has been, let me say, elusive. But as conditions of the world become more and more unpredictable it may be vital that this limitation be overcome. Moreover, simple churches from multiple geographical areas may find it helpful to participate in an expanded online community. For that purpose, the Summit community uses a platform called Zulip. It is uniquely capable of facilitating communication within individual fellowships, while allowing multiple, distributed church communities to be interconnected for the purpose of communication, planning, and mutual encouragement. Moreover, as an open source platform Zulip is not tied to for-profit corporate ownership (think Slack, Group Me, Discord and some others). We invite other small group fellowships, even from different regions, to consider signing on to what I call the, “Online House Church Campus.” Go ahead and drop me a note at info@summithome.org and we can talk about it.

  2. 01/02/2025

    Church of the Heart Hybrid

    Can Summit Fellowships live in a legacy church? Can partnerships develop between “one-another communities” and traditional churches? What does that kind of partnership look like? This is another chapter draft of an upcoming book about churches of the heart.

  3. 12/05/2024

    The Impossible Who

    Defend the Unity in the Bond of Peace Another segment of the upcoming book, In Search of a Church of the Heart —The Journey from Where to Who. This episode discusses the potential of a church of the heart to rediscover the power of oneness. From the tower of Babel to the birth of the Church, unity releases amazing power. As the church of the 21st century, what might we imagine?

  4. 11/13/2024

    What is a Summit Fellowship?

    A podcast taken from two chapters of an upcoming book entitled, “In Search of a Church of the Heart.”

  5. 11/03/2024

    Kid’s Stuff

    Whadaya do with the Kids? Dan continues to explore the all-important topic of how we in summit-style fellowships care for and encourage our children. Today’s episode is an excerpt from a future book called, “In Search of a Church of the Heart – The journey from where to who.”

  6. 11/17/2023

    Parables

    A creative guide for all ages to learn God’s word together. Micheal Harris returns to discuss the Parables curriculum and it’s use in small-group church communities. At last there is an answer for the question asked by so many who meet in small, relational expressions of the church: So, what do you do with the kids? The answer to the question is found IN the question, namely “WITH the kids.” Parables curriculum is an incredible wealth of activities that parents, and other adults can do “with the kids.” The result is hilarious fun and marvelous opportunity for learning from God’s word. Parables is available from Micheal. Cost? Let’s just say, nothing is expected, but anything is appreciated. If you want to appreciate Parables with a gift, click “Donate” on this page and designate a gift. For more information, contact us at info@summithome. org

  7. 10/17/2023

    Kids in Your House Church

    Micheal Harris talks about intergenerational fellowship Dan interviews Micheal Harris who has been engaged in children’s ministry for 50 years. His experience includes large traditional churches and simple churches of just a few families. In this interview, Micheal talks about his philosophy of ministry with children and some of his experiences with the youngest members of our community. Mentioned in the podcast is Micheal’s book called, “Parables – A creative guide for all ages to learn God’s word together.” Here is the link to a post we uploaded several years ago that includes a sample of some of the fun activities designed for small group fellowships. Watch for a future podcast that describes the book in more detail.

  8. 12/13/2022

    Leave a Bigger Footprint

    Evangelism by Overlapping Circles. Evangelism in small-group churches is by relationship. As new people come into a fellowship, it grows requiring the group to multiply. A few members start fresh, stepping out with a small footprint. The prayer is that eventually this new group leaves a bigger footprint.

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