19/09/2026
We have heard much about returning to house churches like the early Church.
But respectfully, I see the Churches have missed the point!
It is not primarily a structural issue - it is a heart issue. It is about our motive.
Whether we meet in a house, a hall, or a large building, the real questions remain:
Are we fulfilling the Greatest Commandment - Not just loving God but truly loving one another? (1John 4:20)
Are we fulfilling the Great Commission?
Are we walking in the footsteps of Christ, or are we pursuing our own footprint, our own ambition, and our own legacy?
That will determine whether we are living and preaching the Gospel of Christ or gradually shaping a gospel around ourselves.
Changing the structure without addressing the heart is like putting on a new shirt while remaining the same man.
This is why I believe the Church needs to seriously revisit how Jesus examines His seven churches in Revelation 2–3. Jesus did not merely examine their form, size, activity, or reputation. He looked deeper at their love, truth, faithfulness, compromise, endurance, and what was really driving them!!
And the early Church was not immune from wrong motives either.
Paul speaks of some who preached Christ out of envy, rivalry, and selfish ambition (Philippians 1:15–18). He warns us to “do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit” but to look to the interests of others (Philippians 2:3–4). He also speaks of those who “peddle the word of God for profit” (2 Corinthians 2:17).
So the issue is not simply:
“Should we become a house church?”
The deeper question is:
What is driving the Church?
Christ and His purposes? Or our own ambition, identity, success, influence, and legacy?
Whatever structure we adopt, this remains the responsibility of every servant of God:
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” — 2 Timothy 2:15
The Church does not merely need a new structure.
We need hearts continually realigned to Christ.