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house church

British  

noun

  1. a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house

  2. a nondenominational charismatic Church movement

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The Christians who gathered in that house church are a handful of the millions of believers from North Africa to North Korea who gather every Sunday to worship Christ despite persecution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Zion began as a small house church in Beijing with just 20 followers.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Thomas, who grew up in a house church in Mumbai, came to the United States at 18.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2021

Paul also allowed his contemporary Phoebe, a female deacon, to read aloud to a house church.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2021

Byhalia, unlike Tallaloosa, was a bright and lively little village, with a large school house, church, lodge room, with a scientific laboratory, out of which the boys jay-hawked numerous books, writing utensils, etc. etc.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd