Simple Church for Simple People

House Church: Fantasy, Ideal, and Reality.

Chad Irving — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:16:47 GMT

I went into starting a house church with a fantasy about what it should look like. Reality was a different story. Turns out the ideal is somewhere in between. Recognizing both fantasy and reality is helping me strive towards the ideal.

What Does it Take to Plant a Simple Church?

Chad Irving — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:24:27 GMT

New Episode. What does it take to plant a simple church? I'm sure there are many things that could be said, but these are three from my experience.

Interview with my wife Tricia

Chad Irving — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:57:17 GMT

Repost--I'm no Larry King when it comes to interviewing, but I thought some people might like to hear a spouse's perspective.

Knowledge & Practice

Chad Irving — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:34:02 GMT

Repost--Knowledge & Practice

Buildings, Budgets, and Big Shots

Chad Irving — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:33:26 GMT

Neil Cole calls these three roadblocks to multiplication. I agree.

I'm back!

Chad Irving — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:38:56 GMT

Finally! I wanted to let you know about the new name for our nonprofit--Organic Church Resource and that I've made updates to the website including a bookstore. Check it out at organicchurchresource.org. I will be doing new podcasts starting in June. I'll also be reposting 2 or 3 older episodes before the end of May.

My Organic Church Influences

Chad Irving — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:54:09 GMT

The five people who have a major influence in my life in the realm of organic church--Neil Cole, Wolfgang Simson, Tony & Felity Dale, and Frank Viola (in chronological order).

Should churches have names?

Chad Irving — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:46:09 GMT

Just something I've been thinking about lately. I'm not losing any sleep over it, just pondering :)

It must be the money?

Chad Irving — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:28:22 GMT

Is money really supposed to be so important in church planting? I think not.

Simple Church and Politics

Chad Irving — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:56:52 GMT

I accidentally deleted this episode so I am reposting it.

Reimagining Church Unity

Chad Irving — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:58:25 GMT

Today I read a couple pages from Frank Viola's new book "Reimagining Church." (which I highly recommend, it is available through Amazon). I was greatly encouraged by chapter 6, "Reimaging Church Unity." I'm glad to read that someone else dislikes church doctrinal statements as much as I do!

Simple Church and the Government

Chad Irving — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:10:39 GMT

New intro and outro music courtesy of Whitecross: www.whitecrossmusic.com. Tax Guide for churches: http://churchplantingresource.org/Documents/tax%20guide%20for%20churches.pdf

Church: More than Baptisms

Chad Irving — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:28:52 GMT

Though some people choose to measure church health by baptisms, I think this method is highly inadequate.

Q and A-- Apostles, planting, and giving

Chad Irving — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:47:33 GMT

In the episode I discuss issues regarding apostles and authority/accountability in starting a house church, and giving in the house church.

New House Church Q and A

Chad Irving — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:20:24 GMT

Another Q and A episode.

Q and A--Finding A Simple Church

Chad Irving — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:22:25 GMT

Advice for those looking for a simple church

More Q and A, part 2

Chad Irving — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:21:33 GMT

even more simple church Q & A

More Q and A, part 1

Chad Irving — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:54:14 GMT

more simple church Q and A.

How do Simple Churches Stay Fresh?

Chad Irving — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:12:04 GMT

Why Do Some Simple Churches Fizzle Out?

Chad Irving — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:36:26 GMT

Simple Church and Discipleship

Chad Irving — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:22:45 GMT

You can now access all episodes of this podcast not on this site at http://simplechurch.mypodcast.com/

Simple Church's Secret Weapon

Chad Irving — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:39:16 GMT

Matthew Schwab discusses Simple Church's Secret Weapon

The Blurry line of Church

Chad Irving — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:18:28 GMT

My distinct lines of church have become blurry.

Organized Religion--am I still in it?

Chad Irving — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:34:04 GMT

I used to be annoyed by people who criticized organized religion, but like so many other things, my outlook is a little different now.

Church Hopping

Chad Irving — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:44:09 GMT

Matthew Schwab fills in for me to discuss the "other side of the coin" of Sheep Stealing--Church Hopping.

Sheep Stealing

Chad Irving — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:12:14 GMT

I used to believe sheep stealing was a problem, now I see that the concept itself is a problem.

Houses That Change the World, Part 6

Chad Irving — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:26:18 GMT

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word,"If you want to multiply churches, stop planting churches'' and 'The carpet.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 5

Chad Irving — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:23:44 GMT

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Who Builds What' and 'Following Anti-Leaders.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 4

Chad Irving — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:55:09 GMT

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Three Options of Change' and 'A New Quality of Conversions.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 3

Chad Irving — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:31:02 GMT

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Lamb or Lion?' and 'The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church'

Houses That Change the World, part 2

Chad Irving — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:44:00 GMT

Today I read and reflect on two sections of Wolfgang Simson's book--'Teaching each other how to obey,' and 'Three areas of responsibility in the church: elders, fivefold ministers, and apostolic fathers.'

Houses That Change the World, part 1

Chad Irving — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:41:04 GMT

Today I'm reading and reflecting on two passages from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the World," 'A Wedding a Week,' and 'No Evangelism."