house church
Britishnoun
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a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house
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a nondenominational charismatic Church movement
Example Sentences
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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
Here a number of Algonkins had erected a village of log huts, on a flat beside the river, under the protection of a priests' house, church and hospital.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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