On Auckland’s North Shore in the ethnic melting pot of Glenfield, there is a typical family in a typical house doing what should be typical for followers of Jesus Christ. This family is seeing the Kingdom of God grow, and disciples being made through their home. In February 2004 Darrin and Dianne and their three children (soon to become four) took a risk and decided to birth a church in there suburb in their house.
They started with a list of Christians that they could invite along to their meeting. For various reasons the people they invited didn’t come or didn’t stay and it was time to quit, or rethink what they were doing. Darrin and Dianne rethought what they were doing, and decided to focus on a weekly meal and on being a witness to their personal friends and family.
It may seem a very invisible and insignificant thing to the outside world, as this small group gathers and commits to following Jesus, but in a year this church has seen two sisters commit to being followers, a friend of one of the sisters and three nieces and nephews come into the kingdom of God. They are gathering regularly over a meal, and being a light on the hill. This is the New Testament story of Aquila and Priscilla starting to come to pass, in Glenfield Auckland.
We are currently organising a churchlesschristian website and you will soon be able to listen or download an interview with Darrin and Dianne about the positives and pitfalls of starting a church in a New Zealand home.
See Darrin and Diannes House Church pix below
