David, I did not know of his Pentecostal roots. We had him teach in our house church once when he still lived in Dayton, Ohio.

First, his emphasis on the Church as an agent of the Kingdom of God encouraged me. Secondly, he did not propose discarding organizations, but seeing them as "para church ministries." The Church according to scripture is a community, a family and the Body of Christ. The nature of the Church does not have to be compromised if we keep the "Church" and the "work" separated. (Watchman Nee's terminology).

There is much more. In fact I need to get it out again. What it did for me was to see the bigger picture and the place the simple pattern of the New Testament Church has in it.

Dan