Church - The DIY Factor

I have written a few posts on the subject of Simple Church, most of those posts are based on an earlier website of mine called Gathered In His Name. The basic premise being that Jesus promised he would be present in a gathering as small as two believers.

I made the proposition that church was intended to be a Do It Yourself (DIY) affair, that the promise of the risen Christ to be present and active in the simplest of meetings was real. Jesus promised in Matthew 18:20 to be present in every gathering, large or small, giving us permission to be the Church everywhere believers go. We can tap into the existence of the ever present Christ and his Church at any time, in any place, on any day of the week. Jesus made Church so simple that anyone can do it, it is as simple as two Christians gathered together. He made Church totally DIY - Do It Yourself!

This week as I continued to research more of my Quaker ancestor's faith I came across a young Quaker writer, teacher, pastor named Micah Bales. Micah has published an e-book, A Guide To Quaker Worship, that echos much of my writings on simple church. Micah says this about Quaker worship:

"This style of worship doesn’t have a lot of moving parts. It’s not very complicated to pick up and try it out. There’s no reason that you can’t have a Quaker meeting for worship today, in your living room with a couple of friends, if you’d like. It’s basically just some folks sitting together, waiting on God! Yet, despite the utter simplicity of this worship style, there’s more going on than meets the eye. While we wait together, there’s a whole lot happening on a spiritual, psychological, even emotional level. You'll see."

Micah's twenty page e-book is a free PDF download available on his website. I highly suggest getting A Guide To Quaker Worship if you are interested in exploring an accessible form of Simple Church.

 A Guide To Quaker Worship

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)

You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ... you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:5 & 9)

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)