Is there a leadership structure that connects VineLife Communities to other "House Churches"?
House churches are autonomous. There is no leadership structure that connects every house church in the world.
However, house churches in an area may be networked with a certain person or group of people (e.g. Neil Cole - the Awakening Churches in southern CA; Greg Hubbard - the APEX groups in Las Vegas; Jim Mellon - the Association of Home Churches in Killeen, TX; Tony & Felicity Dale - Austin Fellowship churches in Austin, TX; Dave Shirkey - VineLife Communities in FL, IL, TN and more). This association exists not because the "network leader" is taking control of the house churches (simple churches), but instead because such groups may find an advantage to seeking encouragement and support from a person that understands the necessity for being interdependent in the “Body of Christ” and has the gifts and calling to do so.
