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A house church is not a new concept since the early church met in
houses before the day of the little white church building or the
chrystal cathedral with its stained glass windows.
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Corinthians 16:19 Colossians 4:15
Philemon
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We need to get busy
here in the US before it is against the law to have church in our
own homes.
IRAN: Wave of
arrests of house–church
Christians
House Church Leaders Arrested in China
Barna Update > Article > Congregations > New Statistics on Church
Attendance and Avoidance
Wikipedia
- Bangladesh: 500,000 new believers
in HC's
- Cambodia: 1,000 new HC's in 10
years (1990 to 2000) [3]
- Canada: as many as 2,000 HC's in
Canada in the last few years
- China: 80-100 million believers in
HC's
- Cuba: 6,000-10,000 HC's since 1992
- Egypt: 4,000 HC's
- Ethiopia: growth from 5,000 to
50,000 believers in HC's during the 1980s
- India: approx. 100,000 HC's started
in 5 years (from 2001 - 2006)
- Latin America: 1 million HC-type
groups known as 'Basic Ecclesial Communities'
- Sri Lanka: Kithu Sevena church
movement started 131 new HC's in 7 months (in 2004)
- Vietnam: one church planting team
start 550 new HC's in 2 years (1997 to 1999) [4]
- U.S.A.: 1,600 HC's on internet
alone (as of 2003) with possibly as many as 30,000 HC's (according
to the American pollster George Barna)
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