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Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

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Read freely the free ebook Principles For The Gathering Of Believers in text and pdf format. We need revival in our countries like what we see in the underground house Churches in China. Learn the following from this volume: Prepare for coming persecution in non-persecuted countries. Learn Principles of how to gather as the Church from the Book of Acts and current underground Churches.

Access resources that will help your gathering or house Church meeting. Experience personal revival and the Spirit’s empowerment. In response to reading the Principles book consider starting a fellowship group under the Headship of Jesus Christ in your local area. Access also this free christian ebook in many other formats. Learn more at Gospel Fellowships.

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Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

61 - Principle 57 Sharing the Faith Constantly in All Situations

A Christian who was jailed in Iran was told that if Christians would simply agree to stop evangelizing, all the prisoners would be freed. Church leaders point to this as evidence that Christians in Iran follow the instructions of the Lord and share their faith. “One imprisoned female Christian, thou... Read More
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62 - Principle 58 New Converts Every Church Meeting

It is now a normal thing to see many new converts in Iranian House Churches. Iranian believers expect to see new people coming in repentance to Jesus every week. This is very much like the account of the Book of Acts where it says the Church was: “Praising God and enjoying the favor of all the peopl... Read More
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63 - Principle 59 Networking Small Groups of Believers

Just like the Church in the Book of Acts began to meet in homes as a network of believers when it came under great pressures from the Jewish atrocities, the believers in Iran today have similar pressures that have encouraged them to meet in small home fellowships that are all networked together with... Read More
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64 - Principle 60 Martyrs Esteemed in the Church

The thought of any believer in Christ being martyred is something hard to bear. Yet from an eternal perspective the Iranian believers hold in high regard those who have laid down their lives for the cause of Christ. The stories of the martyrs in Iran are many. These are just a few: On January 19, 19... Read More
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65 - Epilogue: The Call To Gather as Fellowships

This book has been prepared to encourage believers to gather in small gatherings under the Headship of Jesus Christ.795 Thus no man is head over the fellowships as a whole that gather in this way. Though servant leaders are submitted to, there is no one brother over all fellowships controlling them.... Read More
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66 - Preparing for Persecution; To Be a Christian by brother Edgar

The greatest failure of the Church in many nations is the lack of preparing Christians for persecution. Persecution is certain. It is told to us by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Himself. In the Gospel of John it says: “Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his Master.’ If... Read More
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67 - The Coming Tsunami of Persecution by brother Greg

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other.”845 Our Lord spoke these sobering words to us, as found in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 24. Somet... Read More
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68 - A Plain Vision for Coming Persecution by brother Brian

[Editor’s Note: It is time to be utterly astounded as God spoke to the prophet Habakuk. Brother Brian gives a clear clarion call to God’s Remnant in many Churches and Assemblies. The message concludes with 3 distinct challenges for believers: 1) To reread the Book of Acts in a single sitting if poss... Read More
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69 - Chinese House Churches Interview by brother Denny

[Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted by brother Denny with two brothers who worked and are involved with the rural Chinese underground house Churches where God is doing a vibrant work. He has been building a pure pristine Book of Acts fellowship in House Church networks all over rural China.... Read More
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70 - God’s New Thing by brother David

[Editor’s Note: This message927 was preached at a SermonIndex Revival Conference event in Wales in the Moriah Chapel church where the famous Welsh revival began in 1904. This message given by David Legge in that historic pulpit calls for a glorious new work of the Spirit of God in our day. Such a wo... Read More
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71 - Submission and Leadership by brother Zac

[Editor’s Note: As you gather together under the Headship of Jesus Christ may you be open to the Lord, by His Spirit, to see godly leaders raised up that are humble and serve the body of Christ. Not leaders that seek their own honor or use believers to exalt themselves. Rather, servant leaders who e... Read More
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72 - Baptism of the Holy Spirit by brother Denny

[Editor’s Note: In our day, the importance of experiencing the true Spirit Baptism is paramount. Because of satanic counterfeits, the true body of Christ has been alarmed and made hesitant to call out to the Lord for a fresh infusion of God’s Spirit in a public meeting or private prayer time. We bel... Read More
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73 - Without the Holy Spirit of God by brother Chadwick

[Editor’s Note: Christianity was birthed in the Holy Spirit. Jesus our Lord taught it was essential to rely and wait for the power of the Spirit. We sadly see many abuses of Spirit-led living in modern Christendom but this should make us all the more hungry for the true manifestation. We are impoten... Read More
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74 - Loving Your Brothers and Sisters by brother Edgar

The Lord Jesus put special emphasis on loving our brothers and sisters. Jesus prayed in the garden to His Father; “that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.”1037 Jesus gives the purpose for ... Read More
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75 - Statement of Faith for Gospel Fellowships

[Editor’s Note: After the Lord’s clear leading to use the name Gospel Fellowships there was a word search preformed on the internet and this statement of faith from one of the larger Chinese house Church networks called: China Gospel Fellowship was found. This was a surprise and great blessing for b... Read More
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76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
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77 - Guidelines for Gathering

Dear brothers and sisters we are writing these practical guidelines on how to gather as a fellowship under the Headship of Jesus Christ not as rules but rather helpful ways forward for some. Any 2-3 brothers or sisters can meet in this way and start to allow the Lord to mature their gathering. We mu... Read More
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78 - Gospel Fellowships Hymnal

For many believers there has been a lack of good resources to help them worship the Lord in private devotion or in public gatherings of the Lord’s people. Many hymns and choruses that could be sung by memory and without instruments have been laid aside for more contemporary songs that have much musi... Read More
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79 - Gospel Fellowships Readings

The importance of liturgy in the history of the Christian Church over the 2000 years cannot be underestimated. Some of the earliest hymns in the Church were chants or Scriptural truths read aloud in unison. To verbally proclaim in unison holy truths of God will have a great affect spiritually on the... Read More

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