My wife Dotty's newest book represents our work with sex trafficking victims. It's called JESUS IN THE STRIP CLUBS: Finding Hidden Jewels in the Night -

New book "Don't Be Called Leaders" at https://t.co/NwziteB64v

Articles by Jon Zens on the church

The work of @JonZens is fantastic. He's still writing on the subject of the church. Check out his books at https://t.co/TzDWK1jAXe #simplechurch #housechurch #organicchurch

It was not until the third century that "clergy" was employed to designate a limited number of persons who functioned in the Christian assemblies.

The Clergy/Laity Distinction: A Help or Hindrance to the Body of Christ https://t.co/OKP78PyJ2R #clergy @laity #christianleadership #housechurch #organicchurch

Most professing Christians do not realize that the central concepts and practices associated with what we call 'church' are not rooted in the New Testament, but in patterns established in the post-apostolic age. Read the full article at https://t.co/sLIyl67RHZ #church

Pulpit or Participation by @JonZens https://t.co/tYxwe0VOtV

Jon Zens book catalog. All are worth having in your library.

The early Christians gave, but they didn't tithe. See

#2 The blessings of His life flowing through many parts were traded for weekly sermons coming from one part. Paul said, "each one of you has," but tradition contradicts and says, "be ears in pews to hear a mouth in the pulpit."

#1 "What happens in a 1 Cor 14 style gathering?" The point is such meetings directed by Jesus are not predictable, not in a box. It's like having a feast with each person bringing some portion of Him to the table. It is like a symphony with each part contributing to the whole.

"Now I'm getting robocalls from Jehovah's Witnesses. When I start getting robocalls from the Amish, the apocalypse is nigh." -- Stephen Bjork

News release in the future: Clint Eastwood, at 101 years old, is producing a film about abuse in a Mexican nursing home. It's called, "Cry Nacho."

"No longer can we stay inside the four walls of the church and shout 'come and see.'" -- Dr Sung Kwon, Maryland

The enmity between religion and revelation is simple: religion goes up, revelation comes down. Central to the revelation of Abraham's, Isaac's, Jacob's and Jesus' God, is that He descends to humans. In no way or circumstances can we ascend to God, even slightly. Jacques Ellul

"Someday in America, if our religious infrastructure falls as a result of economic and political turmoil, true believers will be forced to meet outside of traditional church buildings." Four Tragic Shifts in the Visible Church, Searching Together, 1993

God is surely present outside the churches, often more present without than within. The Spirit moves where He will, sometimes bypassing the comfortable, respectful structures, speaking in fresh and unaccustomed tongues. -Clyde Reid 1966

I just read Elusive Community and reread Christ Alone. Your writings are of tremendous blessing to my life in Christ. Thank you so much. -- Julio Gonzalez https://t.co/qaFORqO58z

“Elusive Community,” JZ, April, 2020, Trailer video, 12min. https://t.co/lX89LidaGj "Following the Lord’s life with others is not a fad, not an experiment to try outside the institutional church – it is to be part of the very heart of God in the Lamb’s supper with His Bride."