So...we decided we would go to the first church on the block and if we didn't like it we would go to the next. We didn't know anything about church (obviously). Turns out the it was a church of Christ. I thought, "Cool, I want to learn about Christ!" We wondered why they didn't have a piano and the elders laughed when we asked. But the bottom line is that we were loved. We were asked over to peoples houses for dinner and immediately began to develop relationships. We got involved with the youth ministry and began to learn how to serve. We were blessed to work with some selfless, tireless workers for Christ. Two years after we started attending the church decided to become non-denominational so that we could use musical instruments and have a more biblical view of the role of women in the church. We decided we wanted to reach the lost and lost half of the church in the process.

A couple of years later we started to rethink our structure and started talking about cell groups. Having the strengths of learner, ideation and intellection I immediately started doing research. I happened across two resources that would start the change of how looked at church. I found some resources on home churches. As I started to read about the intimate relationship and rich fellowships available my heart started to long for this kind of church. I longed to know and be known by others. I longed for my kids to have some intimate relationships with adults other than us. I longed for a different kind of church...

The other resource I found the book Soul Tsunami by Leonard Sweet. Sweet challenged my thought process about what church is and how the church needs to change to be relevant to a changing culture. I realized for the first time that my thoughts about church were not weird, just shaped by a postmodern view of the world.

The church I was in were led by Godly men, but not open to any structure that varied from traditional models. In addition, I did not have the spiritual maturity to communicate these ideas in a loving way. So my rebellious attitude took over and I tried to present some different visions about what church could be that were, needless to say, not exactly embraced....