{"id":24531,"date":"2022-09-15T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fecministries.org\/?p=24531"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:46:27","slug":"neighbors-house-community-church-launches-in-fort-wayne-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fecministries.org\/neighbors-house-community-church-launches-in-fort-wayne-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors House Community Church Launches in Fort Wayne Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ppay.co\/jT_0i_KLgtM\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Donate to this Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neighborshouse.net\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Visit Church Website<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Matt Harris is planting a new kind of church, a church with many groups. The former small groups and discipleship pastor at Crossview Church in Grabill, Indiana, has launched Neighbors House Community Church in his neighborhood this summer. Neighbors Church offers a new kind of church for people who don\u2019t attend a traditional church.<\/p>\n<p>Matt\u2019s passion for small gatherings and neighborhood ministry ignited a new idea: A church with many groups in neighborhoods across Fort Wayne. Even as church attendance declines in America, Matt believes that people are still drawn to small neighborhood gatherings where they share food and hang out with people who care about them.<\/p>\n<p>To invite people, Matt used Nextdoor, an app that facilitates communication within neighborhoods. He created an invitation to his home on Sunday evenings for a meal and discussion from the Bible. Since the first invitation, Matt and his wife, Andrea, have opened their home to young families, elderly people, and everyone in between. One woman in her 80\u2019s who had not been to a church in years found Neighbors House on the app.<\/p>\n<p>Every Sunday evening his neighbors, new and repeat, gather around the Harris\u2019s large table for a meal and fellowship. After supper, they crowd into the living room and share their high and low points of the week, noting how they have seen God at work. During the evening, Matt teaches from the Bible. This summer, he taught a series about church, \u201cWhat the Heck is a Church and What is it Supposed to Do?\u201d and they talked about baptism. After that discussion, six individuals wanted to be baptized, so a group member offered his pool for the baptisms on August 10.<\/p>\n<p>Matt envisions a Neighbors House church in every neighborhood that welcomes, loves, and serves. A church made up of neighbors could embody the scriptural command, \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Luke 10:27).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1014,"featured_media":24532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neighbors House Community Church Launches in Fort Wayne Neighborhood - Fellowship of Evangelical Churches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fecministries.org\/neighbors-house-community-church-launches-in-fort-wayne-neighborhood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neighbors House Community Church Launches in Fort Wayne Neighborhood - 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