Why do we call it simple?  What makes it simple?

1. No pastor (no salary)

2. No building (use existing structures instead of spending money and time and energy to build another church when there are dying churches in old buildings all around us)

3. Use Liturgy: The church calendar gives us direction.  Ancient prayers and songs help us worship without having to reinvent the wheel.

4. Use Hymns: Not only does this avoid the commercialized Christian Music licensing, it provides a means of participating in historical forms of worship with solid theology.

5. Basic Theology: The Free Church statement allows for diversity of opinion on many issues including Calvinism/Arminianism, egalitarian/complimentarian, and many other debates.  A big tent theology without specific requirements on many of the age-old debates provides a more inclusive and less divisive basis for community.