Comments on: HOME CHURCH

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:40:28 +0000

Home churches are actually home gatherings, as the church is people is not buildings. Home churches are the Biblical model for accountability, growth and evangelism. However there is a place for the large gatherings too – mega churches if they can break down into small groups or life groups or cell groups. This is what Wikipedia has on home churches or house churches – A house church or home church is a label used to describe a group of Christians who regularly gather for worship in private homes. The group may be part of a larger Christian body, such as a parish, but some have been independent groups that see the house church as the primary form of Christian community.

Sometimes these groups meet because the membership is small, and a home is the most appropriate place to assemble, as in the beginning phase of the British New Church Movement. Sometimes this meeting style is advantageous because the group is a member of a Christian congregation which is otherwise banned from meeting as is the case in China.

Some recent Christian writers have supported the view that the Christian Church should meet in houses, and have based the operation of their communities around multiple small home meetings. Other Christian groups choose to meet in houses when they are in the early phases of church growth because a house is the most affordable option for the small group to meet until the number of people attending the group is sufficient to warrant moving to a commercial location such as a church building. House church organizations claim that this approach is preferable to public meetings in dedicated buildings because it is a more effective way of building community and personal relationships, and it helps the group to engage in outreach more naturally.Some believe small churches were a deliberate apostolic pattern in the first century, and they were intended by Christ

By: Brother

Brother — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:53:06 +0000

Fastest growing Church is the Home Church like the early Church (China an example today). The home Church is the original model of the church structure in the Book of Acts empowered by Holy Spirit. It drives accountability and love for one another above the surface hello.

By: Mourtzy

Mourtzy — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:14:26 +0000

The Home Church in today’s world seems to be expanding more and more, and I’m so happy to see this 🙂
Nothing against the church as a building… But it just seems that when you let go of tradition/religion and simply focus on the life of Jesus Christ, you will begin to find the freedom and power that He promised.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:29:05 +0000

Hi Susan/Paul, don’t blame William or any teacher, cowards do this and you are not one. Paul said we are to imitate him as he imitated Christ (1 Cor. 11:1). Therefore Christian leaders are good examples for us to learn from not run from. I’m part of a home gathering that is on fire for Yeshua, not only hearing God’s word but doing it…. the only doctrine is “Imitate Christ”. Simple – Be Holy, Walk in His Power and Save the Lost. Be the change you want to see in others.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:53:26 +0000

I used to be a believer in the message of William Branham for 14 years. One day something supernatural happened since then I began to question my beliefs and realized that they seem to be all based on a man. I seems that the assembly has given way to strange teachings that are allowing darkness to creep in. I have resisted going now for about three years. But all is not well I feel so alone and lost I need fellowship but how can I go back there. I am looking for Bible fellowship.

By: Joe Puiras

Joe Puiras — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 02:19:36 +0000

I’ve been part of a house church for the past 18 months and it’s has completely changed my life. I have learned more, done more for God’s Kingdom and grown more in my faith in my time at the house church than the last twenty years in institutional churches. Praise God!

It’s great to see all these other house churches especially the ones in China. They have so little yet spiritually they are thriving.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 04:07:53 +0000

I really liked the video called Rethinking Church, from Francis Chan, under the title Early Church. It’s very descriptive and offers a biblical perspective of what a church is:
1- A loving group of people (like a family);
2- Having for mission to get the message out to the people (the Great Commission);
3- Gathered to focus on the body and blood of Jesus Christ (the Communion), devoted to praying and fellowshipping with one another, learning the Word of God;
4- Equipping and training for ministry and serving the Lord.