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The Fall of Patriarchy Now Available

by rbirkey on December 12, 2009

The House Church Book website is pleased to announce that it has just added The Fall of Patriarchy by Del Birkey as another eBook that can be purchased and downloaded online. This book published in print form in 2005, is now available in both print form and as a digital download in PDF file format.
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Author Del Birkey Dies at 76

by rbirkey on May 13, 2009

Del Birkey, the author of The House Church Book passed away unexpectedly on May 13, 2009 at the age of 76, after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage.
The visitation and funeral service took place on Monday, May 18, 2009 at Hultgren Funeral Home in Wheaton, Illinois.
A burial service was held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at East-Bend [...]

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The House Church: A Missiological Model

by dbirkey on December 10, 2008

The following article was adapted from The House Church: A Model for Renewing the Church, and published by the American Society of Missiology in its quarterly, Missiology: An International Review, Vol. XIX. No. 1, January 1991.
Del Birkey
Del Birkey has ministered in evangelism and pastoral teaching since age nineteen. He has worked within the house church [...]

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The House Church Book–Contents of Revised Edition

by dbirkey on December 10, 2008

Part 1— The House Church & Renewal
1. Good Theology Provokes Authentic Renewal
2. The Renewed People of God in their Social Context
3. The New Testament House Churches in Their Historical Trajectory
Part 2—Ministry & Worship in Christ’s Body

4. Servant Leadership & the Partnership Ministry of Women
5. Functioning by Personal Giftedness
6. House Gathering & the Liturgy of [...]

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