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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.
A house church in Shunyi, Beijing. In China, house churches or family churches (Chinese: 家庭教会; pinyin: jiātíng jiàohuì) are Protestant assemblies in the People's Republic of China that operate independently from the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC).
A house church in Shunyi, Beijing. In some countries of the world which apply sharia or communism, government authorizations for worship are complex for Christians. [36] [37] [38] Because of persecution of Christians, Evangelical house churches have thus developed. [39] For example, there is the Evangelical house churches in China movement. [40]
The Potter's House Christian Fellowship, commonly known as The Potter's House, is a Pentecostal Christian organisation based in the United States of America. It was established in Prescott, Arizona, in 1970 by Wayman Mitchell. The Potter's House was a member of the Foursquare church until 1983 when they separated to form a new independent ...
The Dura-Europos church (or Dura-Europos house church) is the earliest identified Christian house church. [1] It was located in Dura-Europos , Syria , and one of the earliest known Christian churches. [ 2 ]
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The Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi is a historic example of a house church that is affiliated with the Tretyakov Gallery [1] [2] [3]. In the Russian Orthodox Church, a house church (Russian: домовая церковь) is a church parish that is intended for performing religious services for members of a particular institution.
Above the parish level, a bishop's house was traditionally called a "Bishop's palace", a dean's residence is known as a deanery, and a canon lives in a canonry or "canon's house". Other clerical titles have different names for their houses. [5] A parsonage is where the parson of a church resides; a parson is the priest/presbyter of a parish church.