From the Pastor’s Desk (285) I write articles like this in the Facebook Pastors’ Group to inform, encourage, and challenge its members. “Many of you in this group know that I do house church ministry. I have been doing it for more than 25 years. Unchurched unbelievers, whom we call VIPs, are reached through our house churches. Instead of inviting VIPs to our Sunday worship first, our house churches welcome them into their gatherings, where they witness and experience Christ’s love and the power of prayer through the members. Eventually, our house ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (284) As I visit your house churches, I am often greatly encouraged because I see beautiful communities of Jesus being built as you do life together and faithfully reach out to your VIPs. I thank God for you. To help you have an even better house church meeting, I would like to share the following practical guidelines. Please apply them in your house church life. Be on time! Being on time is a sign of love and respect for others, whereas being habitually late can be a sign of selfishness and disrespect. Therefore, as Christ-followers, we ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (282) On this last Sunday of the year, I regret that I won’t be able to worship and share God’s Word with you. I will be in Carson, CA, worshiping at Podowon Church, where the senior pastor will lead his final service with his congregation before retiring. This pastor has faithfully served as the senior pastor for 24 years and 11 months and has been doing house church ministry for about 20 years. He is truly one of our brothers in Christ and a part of House Church Ministry International. A few years ago, during the pandemic, the ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (281) We will hold the 2025 Missions Rally from January 31 to February 2, with Dr. and Mrs. Taeho Ko as our speakers. Dr. Ko moved to the U.S. in his teenage years, and Mrs. Ko, after spending a few years in Paraguay, also came to the U.S. as a teenager. They grew up in New York City, attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), earned degrees, and met each other there before getting married. After working for several years on the East Coast as engineers, they relocated to Houston for work. The Kos and I have mutual acquaintances. Before ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (280) Last October, when the team leaders and the house church seminar and conference-related leaders met with me to set the calendar for this year, we realized it was going to be fuller than ever before. However, the thought that came to my mind wasn’t, “Will we be able to do all this?” but rather, “What will it feel like to do all this?” No matter how daunting and insurmountable the task that God calls us to do may seem, we know that He never tells us to do anything to hurt, break, or make us miserable. Instead, He calls us to make ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (279) My wife has been teaching ESL at a local university where there are tons of Muslims from various nations. She loves to share Jesus and house church whomever she meets and builds relationship with. Last year, she invited several of her students to our Game Night. I think about four students came and enjoyed the evening. When she asked if they wanted to visit a house church, three accepted the invitation and came. She also invited other students and connected them to another house church. They also came and visited. About a year later, ...

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