Season 1 · Ep. 53
53. Meeting in Houses: A Look at the Early Christian Communities
In the New Testament, several references suggest that early Christian communities met in houses, rather than in dedicated church buildings. For example, in the letters of Paul, he greets several "house churches" by name, such as the church in the house of Priscilla and Aquila (Romans 16:3-5) and the church in the house of Nymphas (Colossians 4:15). In Philemon 1:2, Archippus is mentioned along with other believers who were part of the church that met in place of Philemon, a prominent Christian in Colossae.Other passages also suggest that early Christians gathered in private homes for worship, such as in Acts 2:46, which describes how believers "broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.
