house churches
Residential worship gatherings
House churches are Christian congregations that meet in private homes rather than dedicated church buildings.
The practice echoes early Christianity, when believers gathered in houses before formal churches existed.
Modern house churches often emphasize intimate fellowship, informal worship, and rejection of institutional religion: They left their megachurch to join a house church in their neighborhood.
- communionProfound shared closeness
- discipleshipState of following a teacher
- Bible studyExamination of Christian scripture
- prayerAddress to deity
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
Anabaptists · fellowship · hymn singing · early Christianity · tight-knit community · mutual aid · catacombs · preaching · autonomy · fasting · self-governance · breaking bread · trust-building · believers · living room · gathering place · small group · Acts
- church historyapostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism, Reformation
- Christian persecutionNero, Colosseum, crucifixion, martyrdom, catacombs
- early churchapostles, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles, Council of Nicaea, Paul
- Modern ChristianityVatican II, ecumenism, evangelicalism, liberation theology, Billy Graham
- church growthexpansion, multiplication, growth strategies, growth strategy, revitalization
- church trendsmegachurches, megachurch, secularization, deconversion
house churchescathedrals
Principal churches of dioceses
megachurches · basilicas · temples · St. Peter's Basilica · parish churches
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Religions officially endorsed by governments
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