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CovenantInBlood said:
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M Paul said:

The most prominent example of the house church/ whole church, I believe, is Yongi Cho's. It has 750,000 members, but only about 40,000 to 50,000 meet on any given Sabbath downtown for a congregational service. The rest meet in houses. It is a church that reflects the modern culture.

If Yonggi Cho is supposed to be an example of the house church movement, that's enough there for me to dismiss you out of hand. The man is a prime example of a heretic.

But why should we want a church to be reflecting the modern culture anyway?

I don't know very much about Cho. The point is, that the emerging church does not have to involve theology -- but organizational structure, focus, styles of communication. Your answer seems to reflect that you simply don't want to understand what may be going on presently, if it's different than what you have already accepted. The house church movement doesn't really care if it reflects modern culture: it's an effort to get back to the Bible and away from human tradition. It just so happens, that in doing so, it actually does have some similarities with the concept of "post-modern." We don't have to want to reflect modern culture, but we do have to try to understand how that culture may be attempting to affect the church -- so we can control what goes on if necessary.

Regards,

Paul