From Jason Wing, Growing Team Lead:
DNA is essential
According to CMA (Church Multiplication Associates), the three essential elements of the church are Divine Truth, Nurturing Relationships, and Apostolic Mission (DNA). If a house church is missing one of these elements, it will generally lack effectiveness in the kingdom of God. We tend to be good with the D, great with the N, but terrible with the A. Let’s not become satisfied if we’re doing OK with 2 of the 3 essential elements.
First make disciples, then make churches
If we’re going to talk about multiplying house churches, we must first learn to multiply disciples. We are to make disciples… who make up churches… which make up networks (like Apex). We cannot get this process out of order if we wish to see a true culture changing movement. If we are not multiplying disciples through 1-on-1 relationships, we will never multiply churches or movements.
The Marks of a Priest
Apex regularly talks about our collective identity as the Priesthood of all Believers (1st Peter chapter 2). I’m not sure we all know what that means. Here are 4 core marks of a priest:
1) Intercedes to God on behalf of people