house church
Domestic worship gathering
A house church is a Christian congregation that meets in private homes rather than dedicated church buildings.
The practice echoes early Christianity, when believers gathered in domestic spaces before churches existed as institutions.
House churches may be independent or affiliated with larger denominations: Their house church meets every Sunday in the Hendersons' living room.
- ecclesiologyStudy of church theology
- communal worshipReligious practice done together
- small groupLimited gathering of people
- cell groupSmall clandestine organizational unit
- living roomHome's social space
breaking bread · grassroots movements · early Christianity · first century · prayer groups · faith community · spiritual gifts · Acts of the Apostles · New Testament · religious freedom · fellowship · liturgy · discipleship · biblical teaching · sacrament · pastoral care · catacombs · cultural adaptation
- Modern ChristianityVatican II, ecumenism, evangelicalism, liberation theology, Billy Graham
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- church lifeworship service, prayer group, youth group, small group, praise team
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, megachurch, Cologne Cathedral
- religious organizationscongregations, parishes, dioceses, denominations, synods
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, chapel, cathedral
house churchcathedral
Bishop's principal church
megachurch · basilica · St. Peter's Basilica · Notre-Dame · state church
house churchestablished church
Officially recognized national religion
state church · Roman Catholic Church · organized religion · megachurch · Church of England
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