11/14/2025
THE CHURCH IN THE HOME
A Mandate God Has Renewed in Our Hearts
Cathy and I are deeply renewed in our vision for The Church in the Home mandate. God has brought us back to one of the earliest and most powerful patterns of the New Testament—disciples gathered in homes, families strengthened in faith, and believers trained in intimacy with the Holy Spirit. We believe the home is not secondary space; it is sacred space. It is where faith is formed, hearts are healed, and disciples are made. There is truly no place like home when Jesus is at the center.
Church in the Home does not replace church gatherings. It strengthens them. It is a support, a para-church ministry arm of the local church—more than a small group, more than a cell group. It is a New Testament model of the early church restored for this generation. Our passion is to see homes become lighthouses—places where the Word is taught, worship rises, prayer strengthens families, and neighbors encounter the love and power of Christ.
Church in the Home exists to reinforce pastors, uplift congregations, expand discipleship, and multiply the impact of the local church by bringing ministry into the heart of everyday life.
OUR VISION FOR AN ANTIOCH CHURCH MODEL
A Church That Looks Like the Book of Acts Again
This renewed calling aligns perfectly with the Antioch Church model God has ignited in our spirits. Antioch was a church that:
• Heard the Holy Spirit clearly
• Operated in the full five-fold ministry
• Sent leaders and missionaries into their purpose
• Embraced multiethnic unity
• Walked in generosity, courage, and spiritual maturity
• Confronted darkness and carried apostolic authority
• Trained believers, launched ministries, and advanced the Gospel
We believe this generation requires an Antioch Church—a church that disciples deeply, restores the broken, confronts cultural deception, releases spiritual gifts, and sends believers into their calling with boldness and clarity.
The Antioch Church was a praying church, a fasting church, a missions church, and a training center for world changers. This is the church God is calling us to help strengthen through homes that burn with His presence.
HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER
Church in the Home is the soil.
The Antioch Church is the tree.
One builds depth.
One propels mission.
Together, they restore the biblical pattern of Acts—a movement of discipleship, community, pastoral care, spiritual formation, and apostolic sending that begins in the home and strengthens the house of God.
Cathy and I are fully committed to this mandate. Our next season is obedience to this vision. We believe God will use this simple, ancient, Spirit-breathed model to ignite revival—house by house, family by family, church by church.
