The house church is the church gathered in a home.
Greet also the church in their house.
The early church broke bread in homes. Aquila and Prisca have a church in their house, in Rome and again in Ephesus. Nympha has a church in her house. Philemon has one. Mary the mother of John Mark had many gathered and praying in her house the night Peter was freed. The assembly is the church. The house is the room. The church is not the building, and a house does not become a church by the sign on the door. The people gathered in Christ’s name are the church.
- Paul’s letters greet the church in the house, not a building fund.
- The same city could have more than one house church. Rome’s greetings name several.
- The whole church in Corinth also came together. A house did not cancel the larger assembly.
The church in their house.
Many were gathered and were praying.
The house holds the church. It is not the church.
- House church means the church meeting in a home.
- Aquila and Prisca, Nympha, and Philemon are named.
- Mary’s house held the praying church in Jerusalem.
- The church is the people, not the room.
- A city could have several household assemblies.
- The whole church still came together.
- The Room – A house.
- The People – The church.
- The Names – Aquila, Prisca, Nympha, Philemon.
- The Night – Mary’s house, Peter at the door.
- The City – More than one household.
- The Limit – The house is not the definition.
- Romans 16:5 – “Greet also the church in their house.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 – “Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings.”
- Colossians 4:15 – “Nympha and the church in her house.”
- Philemon 1:1-2 – “To Philemon… and the church in your house.”
- Acts 12:12 – “He went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered and were praying.”
- Acts 2:46 – “Breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts.”
- Acts 16:15 – “She urged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.”
- Acts 18:7 – “He went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.”
- Romans 16:23 – “Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you.”
- Acts 20:20 – “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house.”
Greet also the church in their house.
Nympha and the church in her house.
Many were gathered together and were praying.
The early church met in houses. The church was the people in the house. Do not confuse the room with the body.
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