This is a valid and important question when it is hard to find local fellowship or Biblical churches to be a part of. Starting a house church does not need to be something that is even on sunday nor does it have to replace even you going to a Biblical larger fellowship on sunday mornings. A house church in its simplicity is just 2-3 or more believers meeting together to pray, share the word of God and worship the Lord. To simply meet to pray is one of the best ways to begin and allows the Lord to build the vision in all the believers hearts. To acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ present and head of the meeting is vital also. When a gathering of believers become more committed and as the Lord leads there can be a simple time of communion (breaking the bread) where the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is honoured and His second coming acknowledged. This also a good time to ensure confessed sin and accountability in the body of believers. The burden to start a house church needs to be also not to teach some favourite doctrines that you would hold to from your past church experiences nor the emphasis that the church is only wrong, etc. We must teach through all the Scriptures and emphasis simple obedience to what we hear (James 1:22). To be fruitful in our walks withe Lord is very important (John 15:1-5) and to desire to walk as our Lord walked is one of the reasons why we are left on this earth (1 John 2:6) as well as to share the Good News with others to see more disciples (Matthew 28:16-20). One way to network with believers will be through Gospel Fellowships website, facebook page and soon coming local gathering meetings where the opportunity to connect with other like-minded believers will be there. Here is an excerpt from the soon to be released Principles for the gathering of believers ebook and book: "We can take heed to the admonition given by the Psalmist: “Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it.”40 If we attempt to start something as a Church gathering without the calling of the Lord, the entire endeavour can be in vain. And if the church model is not solely built upon the word of God then we can end up building our own church and not the Church of God where Jesus Christ is head. To have a desire to escape religious meetings and to have a less formal relaxed meeting where people are free to just be themselves, is not the Church! We are deceived if we think we can re-define the Church to be a place where there is no leadership, no holy presence of God, no conviction of the Spirit, no crying out to God in prayer. Simply put, we must look to the early Church as our example and not modern cultures where our comfort, happiness and financial prosperity are the goals. One of the more helpful things for us to do, is to look outside ourselves to countries where there are true organic models of New Testament Christianity being formed by the Holy Spirit. We think of the house Church movement in China, the underground Church in North Korea, and many others who are forced to solely rely on the Holy Spirit to guide their meetings. Such people are not looking to find a model of Church that fits them or feels right for them, rather God is leading them to be His Church. Many of us reading this volume live in Western countries where we have many choices. We choose from dozens of selections daily whether it's the type of foods, clothing, music we listen to, homes we live in and cars we drive. Yet when it comes to choosing the right Church we must not have the same mentality, we cannot choose what we want but rather we must submit to what God wants. We have to come to the Scriptures and ask God what does Your Church look like? Not our will but God's will be done41 must be our cry, when we are looking to establish a more Biblical meeting of the Church." ---- Footnotes: 40 Psalm 127:1-2 41 Luke 22:42