After people began meeting in my home, I thought it would remain very small. A few people would come, we would read the Bible together, pray, and then everyone would go back to their work and families.
For some time, this is what happened. We met regularly, usually in the evenings, and we read Scripture slowly. We talked about what it was saying and what it might mean for our lives. We did not try to make anything big from it.
As we continued meeting, something began to change in us. We were not only reading the Bible just to understand it, but to follow it. We asked each other what we should do with what we were reading, and we tried to take simple steps.
No one was the main leader. Everyone was encouraged to read, to pray, and to share. We helped one another remember what we had talked about before and to live it out during the week.
More people began coming. My family continued to meet with us, and then neighbors joined. Later, men I worked with during the day began coming as well. Some of them had never read the Bible before. We spent time explaining, asking questions, and praying together. People began opening their lives, not only their thoughts.
After some time, people from our meetings began meeting with others. I did not ask them to do this, and I was not present in many of these gatherings! They simply shared Scripture with friends and family and began reading together, the same way we had done in my home. New groups started in nearby streets and small villages. When I heard about them, I was surprised!
I remembered the words Paul wrote to Timothy about entrusting what we receive to faithful people who will teach others also. Before, I had read this verse many times. Now I was seeing it happen. People were taking responsibility for what they were learning and passing it on to others.
By early 2025, several groups were meeting regularly, and two house churches had formed. New leaders began to emerge, people who were once only listening but now helping others read Scripture and pray.
I was still working as a carpenter. My daily life did not change. But what began in my home had moved beyond it, and it continued to grow without my control.
I did not plan this. I did not know how it would happen. I only know what I saw. God used ordinary people and ordinary homes to begin something that did not stop where it started!
