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house church

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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In 2006, the Chinese government detained Lin for his efforts to build a “house church,†or a place of worship independent from state-sanctioned religious institutions.

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For example, Wagner cited the “African independent church movement†of the early 20th century and the “Chinese rural house church movement that was around in the mid-1970s. And then he talks about the third large component of the NAR, which for him was the grassroots church movement in Latin America,†also in the 1970s.

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The couple took the child in, Sonari recalled, and invited her to their house church.

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Ruth Marcus: A new House ‘Church committee’? More like an exercise in revenge.

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The accusation of promoting Christianity was for wearing a cross necklace and attending a house church in Iran several years ago, Amnesty added.

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