Welcome to the Home Church Discussion List!

The HCDL was established in 1995 to foster communication among Christians involved in home churches. As stated in the HCDL Charter, the list's purposes are:

1. to act as a clearinghouse for facilitating on-line communication between Christians involved in home churches;

2. to provide a forum for discussing issues that involve the future of on-line communication media and home churches; and

3. to maintain a repository for information about home churching.

HCDL is not a denomination, a federation, or a closed network. We come from all different religious backgrounds and are not connected by any organization or association. We do, however, hold to the major and essential tenets of the Christian faith, such as the Deity of Jesus Christ, His bodily resurrection, etc. In short, we are simply brothers and sisters in Christ who share a common vision regarding the local assembly.

We try to keep the discussion focused on the topic of House Church. Most subscribers to this list have joined due to interest in House Churches. Obviously there are many issues and topics of relevance for those who participate in House Churches. Sometimes a discussion can end up far removed from the purpose of the list. For topics that are completely unrelated to House Church, we maintain a separate discussion list at:

HCDL General Topics (Not Directly House Church Related): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HCDLTopics

Archived Topics from the old.. HCDL OLDs Off List Discussions and Off Topic Subjects: http://www.house-church.com/hcdl-old.html