With·Out·Walls believes that God’s church (His spiritual family) is different than man’s church (check out What Constitutes A Real Church video (about 4 mins.)).
In an effort to live out the purposes of the Lord’s church which we read about in His Word we endeavor to break down religious walls and practices built up over centuries within today’s post-biblical church corporations.
As such we have…
NO Tithes or mandated offerings and collections
NO Pastors, Reverends or other honorific titles
NO Sermons, Preaching or other lecture-styled messages
With·Out·Walls
- NO ritualism, formalism, legalism and other ‘isms’
- NO pre-programmed or orchestrated services
- NO didactic or passive methods of growing and learning
- NO Catholic nor Protestant church ascription
- NO arbitrary rules and regulations restricting Christian liberties
- NO traditions of men that counter those of God
- NO corporate church structures and practices
- NO exclusions against Believers not of one’s own group
- NO divisions perpetuated by matters of opinion
- NO hierarchical clergy ruling over Believers
- NO conditioning members to remain spiritual infants
- NO church names, buildings, salaries, etc
- NO human mandates, doctrines or creeds
Simply church not Churchianity
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Many Churches of our day have evolved into 501(c)(3) corporations with CEO-stylized religious leaders who have transformed them into personal houses of merchandise .
Members, as a whole, have been stripped of their God-given rites of priesthood to carry out their individual spiritual responsibilities in church gatherings and have instead become primarily relegated to spectators of a show event (check out Are Today’s Churches Really Churches? video (about 2 mins.)).
With·Out·Walls espouses the organic gatherings of Christ’s church and eschews the systematized church services of corporate institutions.
- grandstanding for performances and entertainment
- profiteering machinery for greedy religious leaders
- ritualistic, formal and pre-programmed services
- traditions that oppose or override Christian liberties
- arbitrary rules and regulations of religious corporations
- institutionalized religious structures and practices
- exclusionary towards Believers not of one’s group
- organizations divided by disputable matters of opinion
- hierarchical elevations of religious leaders over Members
- babysitting for Members to remain spiritual ‘infants’
There is no biblical account of the early church having ‘worship or church services‘ or any other type of programmed gathering.
Instead the early church gathered in memory of Jesus primarily for one-anothering (edifying, loving, praying for, confessing faults to, etc) in a participatory and organic manner.
Scripturally, worship (ie to bow down, kneel, prostrate oneself) seems to have been primarily accomplished by one’s direct interaction with God — outside of church gatherings.
Spiritual Aspirations
Live Christ Freely
Rather than be bound religiously!
Live Christ Freely
There are far too many ‘thou shalts’ and ‘thou shalt nots’ that spiritually bind Believers and serve to control rather than ‘make free‘.
The life to which Jesus called us is a freeing and abundant life! What exactly does it mean in practice?
With·Out·Walls believes that true freedom comes from an intimate relationship with Jesus that exposes hearts and minds to His liberties.
With·Out·Walls exists to break down the walls of spiritual restrictions counter to God’s Word to exhort the abundant life for Believers.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
restrictive spiritual living
-one religious brick at a time-
Be The Church
Rather than the ever popular “go to church”!
Be The Church
Do you “go to church”? Well don’t. “Be the church” instead! The expression “go to church” has contributed to distorting the true meaning of church.
Church is not a place to go to. Instead God’s spiritual children “are the church“. Your expression and understanding of church might be a measure of your level of Christian maturity.
With·Out·Walls aligns with the concept of church not being a place to attend but a body of Believers to belong.
With·Out·Walls intends to break down the walls of belief in a building as the church and conceptualize it in the manner as God does within His Word.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
viewing church as a building
-one religious brick at a time-
Worship Every Day
Rather than only “specified days“!
Worship Every Day
Maybe you believe you should ‘go to worship‘ as though it were a service to go to – at a certain place, at a certain time and on a certain day.
But biblical worship is primarily a bowing down, kneeling, or prostrating oneself to God and is an every day connection.
With·Out·Walls not only promotes daily intimacy with the Lord without restriction to time or place, but also supports growing in and living for the Lord With·Out·Walls.
With·Out·Walls looks to break down the walls of worship restrictions in order to develop daily expressions and experiences.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
worship practices
-one religious brick at a time-
Feed One’s Self
Rather than rely on others to “feed“ you
Feed One’s Self
Who has to be fed by someone else because they are unable to feed themselves? Babies! Certain disabled! Some who are incapacitated!
There may be others but you would expect those of a certain age and with certain abilities to be able to feed themselves. Should that also apply to feeding off the nourishment that God provides for us?
With·Out·Walls believes there is rampant spiritual malnourishment primarily due to conditioning and dependence. We believe you can and should “feed” and nourish yourself
With·Out·Walls hopes to break down the walls of needing to be “fed“ so as to grow to “feed” self and others.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
spiritually deficient nutrition
-one religious brick at a time-
Assemble God’s Way
Rather than in instutionalized ways!
Assemble God’s Way
The organic expression of church gatherings have been replaced with organized alterations that are copies of copies.
WALLS of ISMs such as traditionalisms, ritualisms and more have been built up over centuries by religious leaders and Believers that deviate from God’s way.
Most modern churches have become structurally ‘systematized’ and monetarily ‘incentivized’ corporations operated by CEO-styled religious leaders primarily for personal popularity, gain or power.
With·Out·Walls aims to break down the walls of the “church system” so as to function more like the Lord’s organic church and less like the institutionalized corporate church.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
church system ‘services’
-one religious brick at a time-
Learn Scripture Contextually
Rather than reading in personal meanings!
Learn Scripture Contextually
What if I told you the Word of God teaches to hate and to kill and to judge and other actions considered negative?
It does if you read those passages out of context. This way of learning God’s Word is not how it is to be used and understood.
With·Out·Walls concerns itself with contextual learning. And though it is great to understand the cultural, historical, and linguistic background of God’s Word, many times it may not be necessary when surrounding text is considered.
With·Out·Walls seeks to break down the walls of learning scripture non-contextually to instead understand the fullness of what God wants us to know from His perspective.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
non-contextual scripture learning
-one religious brick at a time-
Unite In Spirit
Rather than divide and exclude in body
Unite In Spirit
Today Christianity is marred by the practice of exclusion against other Believers in Jesus — the very same practice that Jesus sought to eradicate during His ministry.
Believers in Jesus, instead of unifying, seem more interested in rifts, divisions and separations between one another.
With·Out·Walls believes that unity in Spirit is possible, and we strive to build bridges between Believers in Jesus in a spirit of love and compassion for one another
With·Out·Walls shares in the efforts to break down the walls that divides in order to unite in Spirit and not exclude any who have put on Christ.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
divisions among Believers
-one religious brick at a time-
Accept God’s Truths
Rather than hold to the traditions of men
Accept God’s Truths
When Jesus proclaims knowing the truth in essence He was proclaiming knowing Him. Jesus is the Word and the Word is truth.
The truth is what makes one free — free from the sins and strongholds of a selfishly depraved world that unfortunately include many of the traditions propagated by religious leaders and their religious institutions.
Religious laws and traditions of men create a blindness to God’s truth that the masses follow. It is a case of the blind leading the blind.
With·Out·Walls believes that you can know how to distinguish the truth yourself.
With·Out·Walls hopes to break down the walls of following traditions of men in order to follow the truths of God.
W·O·W is breaking down walls of
traditions of men
-one religious brick at a time-