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Suggested Reading

  • BANKS Robert: ‘Going to Church in the First Century’ (Hexagon Press)
  • BANKS Robert and Julia: ‘The Church Comes Home’ (See Avaliable Books )
  • BANKS Robert: ‘Paul’s Idea of Community’ (Anzea Publishers Aust)
  • FITTS Robert: ‘The Church in the House - a Return to Simplicity’(Preparing the Way Publishers)
  • SIMSON Wolfgang: ‘Houses that Change the World’ (Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • DALE Tony and Felicity: ‘Simply Church’ (See Avaliable Books )
  • DALE Felicity: 'An Army Of Ordinary People' (See Avaliable Books )
  • BARRETT Lois: ‘Building the House Church’ (Herald Press)
  • VIOLA Frank (and others): ‘The House Church Movement – Which Direction?’ (www.ptmin.org - Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • VIOLA Frank ‘Rethinking the Wineskin – The Practice of the New Testament Church’ (www.ptmin.org - Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • VIOLA Frank ‘Who Is Your Covering’ (www.ptmin.org - Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • VIOLA Frank & BARNA George ‘Pagan Christianity’ (www.ptmin.org - Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • VIOLA Frank 'God's Ultimate Passion' (Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • VIOLA Frank 'The Untold Story of the New Testament church' (www.destinyimage.com - Now Available From Australian Christian Book Shops)
  • ZDERO Rad ‘The Global House Church Movement’ (William Carey Library www.WCLBooks.com)
  • ZDERO Rad (Editor) 'Nexus - The World House Church Movement Reader'’ (William Carey Library www.WCLBooks.com)
  • FIRTH Stan: ‘Custom and Command’ (privately published – contact OIKOS)
  • EDWARDS Gene: How to Meet in Homes’ (Seedsowers)
  • SMITH Christian: Going to the Root – Proposals for Radical Church Renewal’ (Herald)
  • PRIOR David: ‘The Church in the Home’ (Marshall Pickering)
  • TURNER Jennifer (Editor): ‘Small groups That Catch the Wind’ (Openbook)
  • O’HALLORAN James: ‘Small Christian Communities – Vision and Practicalities’ (The Columba Press)
  • HEBBLETHWAITE Margaret: ‘Basic Ecclesial Communities From Third World to First World’ (Fount – Harper/Collins)
  • NATIONAL CHURCH LIFE SURVEY. BELLAMY AND OTHERS: ‘Why People Don’t Go to Church’ (Openbook)
  • GEHRING Roger W: 'House Church and Mission - The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity' (Hendrickson Publishers)
  • OSIEK Carolyn & MACDONALD Margaret Y. 'A Woman's Place - House Churches in Earliest Christianty' (Fortress Press)
  • COLSON Jake 'So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore?' (Contact OIKOS)
  • ATKERSON Steve 'Ekklesia - To the Roots of biblical House Church Life' (www.ntrf.com)
  • REID Raymond 'The Gate Seldom Found' (Harvest House Publishers or contact OIKOS)

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