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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

For instance, Uganga is composed of U, place, house, church, or country, and ganga, magic; whilst Unyamuézi is a triple word, divided into U country—ya, of—and muézi, moon.

From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning

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