Still open…
“King’s Church Manchester” is not a building with opening and closing hours. It is a people who used to be isolated, ordinary down to earth sinners but who have now been transformed into a wonderful community of redeemed Spirit-filled saints! By all means come and see this amazing community worship God together and hear the Word of God preached together on a Sunday in King’s House at 9.30 and 11.30am. You are most welcome! This church loves being together and we are a little bit sad our building isn’t large enough to fit everyone in at the same time; hence the present two Sunday meetings to fit everyone in. Don’t get us wrong! We have no problem with meeting with hundreds of others. We really do believe we will grow and meet with thousands of others on a Sunday. We really believe those times on a Sunday please God and make the name of Jesus famous. They also can give someone reading an article on the web a way of “finding” us!
There is however, far more to our lives than mere Sunday meetings. We love recovering the normal yet supernatural pattern of the early church as recorded in the Bible. Jesus in the Bible said he would build His Church. He didn’t mean something with a spire! We find no church buildings recorded in the New Testament; rather the emphasis is on a community who meet together with a common purpose to see God’s Kingdom rule come on this earth through the friendship, love and devotion shown to one another and to others outside of the local church community.
King’s Church members are getting more and more into the habit of opening their wonderful homes to one another and sharing a meal or a drink, breaking bread and praying together. This is now happening every week in 2007 right across Greater Manchester. There are a number of homes, which we have called “Open Homes”. These homes are “open” on certain days of the week and the church is free to meet in any home they wish. The list of these homes is available after any Sunday meeting at the Help Desk on the Middle Floor where we meet for drinks after the meeting or here on the website. There is always a contact number to phone and let the host know you are coming just to make the eating arrangements clear. You could end up sitting at a table or sitting on the stairs. They’re all very different and no-one is ever quite sure who is going to be there or what will happen. It’s always good when we meet together and by His Spirit living in us Jesus is there too!
Let’s make it clear; these “listed” Open Homes are only a kick-start for scores of other homes opening to one another across the city. To be in the church is to belong to a community. There is no set pattern to what happens in any of these homes. Over a meal with a few others you can:
- talk about anything
- listen to others talk about anything!
- laugh
- pray for a sick person and see them healed
- recommend a good film
- bring a prophetic word
- talk about sport
- say what’s blessed you when reading the Bible
- bring or recieve words of enouragment
- sing
Anything can happen!
King’s Church Manchester is on a journey. We’re going somewhere and we’ve re-discovered something from the Bible that’s helping us get there. Hospitality, warmth, friendship, informality, relationship and community are key to what church is really about. Don’t get left behind! Get along to a “listed” open home this week! And then open your own home too!
