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I havent tried that, though i am interested in the emergent thing (on the days i get it). Ill take a look. Also alot of the conversation is about Contemporary Progressive House Churches. Can i suggest people use www.meetup.com to start groups of like minded people. I would suggest people from the TCPC site could come up with a common name and a bunch of progressive house churches could spring up. Could someone come up with a website to provide links to common resources/become a repository for liturgical resources, prayers etc? Sorry, this is sort of random. Jason

Hi Im new here. I am interested in the conversation on Progressive House Churches. Has anyone tried this yet? I am very curious about the structure. Could it be like a traditional church or contemporary church, but in a house and progressive? Could it take the form of a book discussion group/learning group/bible study? Would you have room for liturgy? For me there are a few considerations. Im a seminary student and when i get frustrated with the mainline church i often think of doing a House Church. I have so many things that would have to be held in tension to pull it off. 1) Contemporary - i admit i grew up in these churches. i have a soft spot in my heart for them. 2) Liturgical - i also love the poetry of liturgy and the rhythems of the church year. Its all great. 3) Progressive - but what does it mean? For some it means just being open and affirming. For others its a total reconstruction of the Christian expierence. Can a 'Christian Unitarian' church be started? 4) Grace - i am Lutherean after all. 5) Justice Oriented 6) Transformative. 7) Challenging. Would a progressive house church be run like a new religious order? i am scared of a random progressive house church out on its own. Too much chance for something cult-y to happen. What about a network of progressive house churches. For instance, a neo-denomination, house churches across the world that share resources and provide accountability to each other. here is some research i have had into house churches. I provide the links not to endorse theology but structure (house churches, simple, relationship/ministry based, networks). http://www.matthewshouse.com/ http://www.apexchurch.org/ http://www.dcfi.org/ - actually tends to act like a denomination, has its own publishing arm http://www.dcfi.org/House2House/index.htm If others are interested in starting house churches that would be part of a network of like minded churches i would be interested in participating. Jason