Something about the house church and particularly the organic church strikes me with interest. There is also a strong ‘something’ that strikes me about the college campus church plant idea as well.

But alas, I am still a college and young adult pastor at a mega-church and love what I do….

I agree with your third book as one of excellence. I met the authors a couple years ago along with Neil Cole (Organic Church) and they were quite intriguing. I was attend a conference with a few friends and they shared their ministry philosophy in one of our sessions. My one friend is actually planting an organic church in the Akron, Ohio area. It started as a youth Bible study at a Starbucks and started growing from there. They churches on factory room floors, in homeless shelters (yeah, figure that one out), at a gay bar, and several coffee houses around the region. Very interesting concept that shatters the brick and mortar idea of why churches exist.

I also serve a national church planting organization called MissioChurch and we have learned through our research that the number one growing church in America today (and for the past several years) is the house church, or the organic church. I can’t remember the number, but it was outrageous, like 1000% percent growth or something–don’t quote me on the actual number.

Oh, and the blog is good. Relevant and honest material is what I like to read. Perry Noble has another blog I read regularly if you want to compare a bit.