Dave

“If you continue to think that 1 Cor could essentially be applied to you and me when we catch up for coffee thats fine, but i totally disagree.”

Well, for starters we would need to drink coffee in Jesus’ name 🙂

So, Mark, it is ok when we meet for this coffee for you to speak in tongues without me interpreting? After all, it is not formal church, and according to you these passages only provide rules for formal church.

Mark, I understand fully where you are coming from. When I was at the PTC I was told there was a list of ingredients for church to be church. I am not new to this thinking, I just do not agree. Sometimes we will do some of these things, other times we will not, but if you attempt to make a definite list of what must be done each time then you end up in a mess. After all, some things in the list require the Holy Spirit to move. The problem this leaves you with is what are your rules for when a woman can and cannot teach a man?

Something I did not learn at Bible College was the way the Body works in the little things. I believe that in our church it is very much what happens in the smaller meetings and during the less formal atmosphere that the real work of the Spirit and the body takes place. When I listen to someone over a cup of coffee how they are struggling with addiction, and remind them of the love and forgiveness and freedom found in Jesus – this is Church! It mightr involve prayer, looking at specific Bible verses, investigating what they say…