The House Church Feb 10, 2010 (NLF) Why Do We Need Another Book?

Why do we need yet another book on the topic of house churches?

This is a reasonable question.

There are many books about house or cell churches.

Many of them are quite good.

So why have another?

There are several purposes for this book that may not be addressed by other books on house churches.

 

First, it may serve as a guide for minority churches, especially those in challenging environments.

This book tells the story of our church, Seoul Baptist Church of Houston.

Although it s located in the U.S., the services are conducted in Korean since its members are mostly Korean or Korean American.

According to the 2000 census figures, there are only 5,544 Korean-Americans in Houston, Texas, the fourth most populous city in the United States. (In 2008, it seems that the number has grown to about 20,000.)

 

Despite the relatively small number of Koreans in the area, our Sunday worship attendance numbers around 1,000 adults.

When including children, the youth group, and the English-speaking congregation, the number is close to 2,000, more than 10% of the Korean-American population in the area.