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- A house church is a term used to describe a group of people who regularly gather for worship in a private home, whether a house, apartment, or other living space. Sometimes house churches meet at the same home week after week, and other times they rotate among members’ homes.
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House churches do go through stages though. We’ve found that for the first 90 days all are on best behavior. In the 3-6 month time frame (if they stick around), personality conflicts arise and people have to learn to perceive the grace in others.
During the following decades the Christians continued to meet in homes. In times of persecution they went underground into the catacombs. But after the Roman Emperor Constantine legalized...
A house church is simply a group of Christian believers and ‘seekers’ who meet in a home, not a church building or a rented hall. They are worshippers who worship and serve God in a setting that is less formal and structured than in a traditional church.
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- Origins and History
- Denominations Involved
- General Considerations
- House Churches Or Churches Assembling in Houses?
- House Churches and The Nature of The Church
- House Churches and The Lord’s Supper
- The “Apostolic-Prophetic” House Church Model
- Notes
Christians have assembled in houses since the beginning of Christianity; the house church movement began in the 1960s as an attempt at reformation of the structure of “church” as it was commonly practiced in almost all of the denominations of the day. Its followers attempt to return to New Testament norms and believe that house churches represent a...
As has been said above, Christians have met in houses throughout time; many groups did so during times of persecution or where it was not practical to use another facility. As will be seen, throughout the majority of this time, there was no house church theology per se: Christians simply met in homes when such was necessary or desirable, but did no...
Many house churches exist outside of any specific denominational structure; they represent nondenominational groups having association with one another. All kinds of models for house churches exist. There are many movements within various denominations that are somewhat similar to the house church movement, especially the “cell church movement” pre...
Since house churches are extremely diverse, it is impossible to make entirely accurate characterizations of any individual congregation. The list below represents a likely range of doctrines consistent with many in house churches.
As we begin, it is important that we establish that early Christians in the New Testament did indeed assemble in houses, and that there is nothing wrong per se with Christians assembling in a house. The house church movement came quite a bit later than the New Testament and has developed a “theology of the house church”: it is now posited that the ...
Many in the house church movement also posit a different perspective regarding the nature of the local church in the New Testament. In this view, house churches of between 12-20 (the size based upon the assumption of what an average Roman house could fit) would assemble frequently; there would be many such house churches in a given city or region. ...
The hallmark of many house churches within the house church movement is the focus upon what is called the Lord’s Supper. Many believe that the Lord’s Supper was originally a meal; many, in fact, do not see the Lord’s Supper as a separate ritual, but “an ordinary meal with extraordinary significance.” They justify this with Acts 2:46 and 1 Corinthia...
Different house churches and house church networks maintain varying structures of leadership. One model of the house church promotes a “fivefold ministry” concept based on Ephesians 4:11-13, with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers working with house church networks11. The “apostles” and “prophets” are recognized as leaders, move...
1: Wolfgang Simson, Houses That Change the World, 72 2: Robert and Julia Banks, The Church Comes Home, 96 3: ibid., 26, 30 4: Simson, xvii, 37-38; Banks, 29 5: Simson, xvii; Banks, 28 6: Banks, 28 7: Simson, 16, 31, 43 8: ibid., xv, 28 9: Banks, 46 10: ibid., 51, 166 11: Simson, 110-124 12: ibid., 119 13: ibid., 117 Return to Movements Return to A ...
Aug 3, 2016 · House churches vary as much as “traditional” churches. They may have an order of worship or no set plan at all. They may gather around a meal. They may or may not do corporate singing. Our house churches split our time four ways: We check in and pray for one another, we spend some time in liturgy and Scripture reading, we have a message and ...
Sep 2, 2016 · Nowhere in the New Testament is it commanded or forbidden that local churches meet in homes. Leaders must use other factors to make that decision.
Several passages in the New Testament specifically mention churches meeting in houses. The first house church is recorded in Acts 1:13, where the disciples of Jesus met together in the "Upper Room" of a house, traditionally believed to be where the Cenacle is today.
