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
Lydia, Chloe and Priscilla are just a few of the women Paul mentions throughout his letters who were house church leaders.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2018
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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