| Old Way | New Way |
| Caring for the meeting | Caring for people |
| Being isolated in my home | Opening my home to saints and /or visiting saints in their homes |
| Only staying in or thinking about my district/locality/state/country | Blending, visiting, migration; praying for the Lord’s move all over the Earth; being Body-conscious |
| Being set, settled, and occupied | Being open to migrate |
| Big meetings | Twos and threes |
| Charismatic speakers | Every member functioning |
| Scheduled activities / special events | Everyday activities done together |
| Big | Small |
| Meeting hall | Homes |
| Individual spirituality | Corporate building up |
| Criticizing the elders and/or other saints | Being a pattern of the healthy church life |
| Spiritual giants | Vital groups |
| Trying to become a five-talented member | Investing my one talent |
| Regulating behavior | Growing in the divine life |
| The principle of the tree: outward display, deeply rooted in the earth, a lodging place for birds (Matt. 13:32) | The principle of the mustard seed: small, sojourning, good for food |
| Having meetings | Wanting to be with the saints |
| Taking care of meetings | Taking care of people (saints, new ones, unbelievers) |
| Hierarchy/clergy-laity | Mutuality |
| One-directional working on a few “promising” ones | Mutual caring among all |
| Top to bottom: having a top-down one-directional organized church structure | Bottom to top: everyone actively initiating and functioning |
| Small to big: making one home meeting bigger and bigger | Few to many: multiplying one home into many homes |
| Meeting once or twice a week | Contacting saints regularly throughout the week (because I need them) |
| Dressing up and putting on a performance for the big meetings | Being genuine with one another, getting to really know one another, loving one another |
| Brothers doing everything, sisters being left out (including husbands and wives) | All members especially sisters functioning, couples and families serving together, brothers heading up and covering |
| Inviting new ones to our meetings and conferences | Visiting new ones where they are, especially in their home |
| Only meeting with saints who are from my cultural background or language | Being open to blend with all the saints |
| The 20% church life | The 80% church life |
| Brothers being 2/3 of the saints | Sisters being 2/3 of the saints |
| Looking to a “pastor” or leading brother to run the home meeting and give a teaching/message | Every member functioning in mutuality in the homes, learning by asking and answering questions |
| Focusing only on college students | All saints being cared for |
| Living to our children | Living with the tabernacle (Christ and the church) as our center |
| Not letting others care for our children | Caring for one another’s children so the sisters can make it to the meetings |
| Barrenness | Corporate bearing of remaining fruit |
| Formulaic meetings (pray-eat-sing-read) | Organic functioning of every member, following the leading and flow of the Spirit |
| Focusing on the Lord’s Day meetings | Daily church life |
| Following our jobs | Following the Lamb |
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