House Church Seminar for Lay Leaders

October 6, 2023- October 8, 2023

Are you a lay leader at a local church that is trying to implement house church ministry? Or are you a current or potential shepherd at a local church that has already started to implement house church ministry but you want to know how to be a great shepherd? If you are in any of these positions, then we invite you to attend the House Church Seminar for Lay Shepherds to:

• Learn the biblical reasons for and principles of doing house church ministry
• Learn the practical steps of implementing house church ministry in your local church
• Experience our House Church ministry first hand
• Hear from Pastors, Shepherds, Shepherdsʼ wives, and congregation members about how House Church has transformed their lives

House Church Seminar Objectives

• We help churches and pastors who share the common dream to establish their house church ministry well.
• We provide coaching to pastors so that they can build God’s church through their lay leaders.
• We help churches regardless of their denominations or differences.
• We actively support churches in strategic locations for planting of house church or converting to house church.
• We assist churches that have already adopted house church by providing them with analysis, evaluation, and consultation.

Cost

The cost of the seminar, including food and lodging, is a registration deposit of $100 per individual. However, we will return your deposit to you upon completion of the seminar. We are committed to House Church ministries.

Registration

If you would like to register for the seminar, please complete the online registration.  Once your registration has been approved you will receive notification to send in your registration deposit. We will fully refund the deposit at the completion of the seminar.

We recommend that couples attend the seminar together.

Each church is asked to limit their number of participants being sent to the seminar to 10 members only.

Space is limited to 60 participants this year and registration will close when full or by September 15, 2023.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON AUGUST 1, 2023 at 9AM CST.

Registration is closed.

How to send in your Registration Deposit

Approved seminar attendees will receive an email notification with instructions to send in your seminar deposit fee.  You will have 5 business days from the date of the email notification to send in your deposit.  If we do not receive it within 5 days then you risk losing your seat at the seminar.

From US locations: Please send a check or money order (payable to New Life Fellowship) in the amount of $100 per person.

From non-US locations*: If you do not have a US checking account you can secure your spot via a confirmed/purchased air travel ticket to Houston. Please send a copy of your booked travel itinerary showing that your flight has been purchased and secured.

Payments should be sent to:

• New Life Fellowship
• Attn: HC Seminar
• 7777 Fairbanks N. Houston
• Houston, TX 77040 USA

We will email you a confirmation notice after we receive your deposit. Please do not purchase an airline ticket until you receive the confirmation notice (*except international participants whose registrations have been approved).

Questions

• For more information about House Church Seminar, please contact our House Church Seminar Coordinator at seminar@nlfhouston.org.

Important Notes about the House Church Seminar for Lay Leaders

1. Only members of churches where the senior pastor has attended a House Church Seminar in the past are allowed to attend. If the Senior Pastor does not know anything about House Church ministry but the members become excited about it, this can create major problems for the church.
2. The seminar starts sharply on Friday at 2PM. Please arrive in Houston either Thursday afternoon or on Friday before 12PM.  Lunch will be served first at 12:30PM on Friday. West Coast participants are strongly encouraged to arrive by Thursday evening to avoid being late on Friday.
3. If you are traveling internationally, please consider jetlag and allow an extra arrival day to give you time to adjust for the start of the seminar.
4. Sunday worship is an important part of the seminar. You need to experience Spirit-filled Sunday worship in order to succeed in the house church implementation. Therefore, please register only if you can attend Sunday worship. Please make your departure flight after 3PM Sunday.
5. Please refrain from accepting any speaking engagements or visiting relatives until the completion of the seminar in order for you to be able to focus on the seminar.
6. Lodging will be provided by a hosting house church shepherd to which you will be assigned. Since each house church shepherd will be assigned two seminar attendees, there is a possibility that one may need to sleep on the floor. Your host will contact you to discuss details.
7. Your hosting house church will pick you up and drop you off at the airport. Since you will be contacted by your hosting house church shepherd, please share all your information in regards to your trip itinerary with him or her.
8. Please read “House Church” by Young G. Chai with Daniel Chai. You can order one from New Life Fellowship by contacting our church administrative assistant at 713.896.7755. You can also order here.

House Church Seminar for Lay Leaders – Sample Schedule