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
The couple took the child in, Sonari recalled, and invited her to their house church.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023
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
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