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Scripture referencesReferences in the NT to church happing in the homes of believers: The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. I Cor 16:19 Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. Rom 16:5 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. Col 4:15 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: Phm 1:2 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, Act 2:42
References to church being in a building called the church, it being an institution, being a collection of programs, led, run by paid professionals: NONE References in early church writings that house where the place where church met, happend: Many such as, Clement of Alexandria, an early church father, wrote of worshipping in a house. A private house in Dura-Europos (near Baghdad) was excavated in the 1930’s and was found to be used as a Christian meeting place in AD 232
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