Steve Timmis is involved in The Crowded House, an initiative to plant a network of household churches throughout the city of Sheffield.
The aim is to reach and disciple people for whom traditional church holds no attraction, and who dismiss it as having no relevance to their lives. In two consecutive articles, Steve explains the biblical and cultural reflection behind the initiative.
A name and a place
In our first article on the issue of 'home', we left humanity migrating eastwards, which, within the structure of Genesis was symbolic of their movement away from God, and home. But they couldn't endure this restless existence indefinitely, and the need for a home caused them to attempt to settle en masse in the land of Shinar (Genesis 11).
