This photo was taken in around 1900.
Article by Molly Noble Bull
I am sure the term house church means many things to many people. My definition only applies to the house church I attend and my interpretation of that term. So let us begin.
I have always been pro-life, and after Roe vs. Wade made abortion the law of the land, I read in a national magazine that the denominational church I was raised in went along with the right-to-choose abortion format. Since I knew from the Book of Jeremiah chapter one and verse five that human life begins at conception, I also knew I must leave the church of my childhood and early adulthood and find a Bible-Believing church. As a result, I became a fundamentalist, and I thank God for that fundamentalists’ denomination for teaching me more about the Bible. But even there, I saw things in the Bible that didn’t completely jive with the teaching of the church.
Saint Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter eleven that women should cover their heads when in prayer, and the women of our Bible study group cover their heads during prayer in our House Church. We believe that our tithes and offerings should go directly to the poor and needy and not to pay for the expenses of a church building, and the leaders of our group are employed elsewhere. But until now, I have not revealed to my Christian friends the rest of our beliefs because they are vastly different from the norm within Christian circles. But before I continue, let me make it clear that I love the Lord our God with all my heart and soul and mind, and I try always to love my neighbor as myself. I believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, and the Bible is the only Holy Book I live by. I believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God the Father, and therefore, Jesus is God the Son. Jesus paid for my sins with his blood on a cross nearly two thousand years ago, and Jesus is my Lord, Savior and King. I hope to serve him forever.
Saint Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter eleven that women should cover their heads when in prayer, and the women of our Bible study group cover their heads during prayer in our House Church. We believe that our tithes and offerings should go directly to the poor and needy and not to pay for the expenses of a church building, and the leaders of our group are employed elsewhere. But until now, I have not revealed to my Christian friends the rest of our beliefs because they are vastly different from the norm within Christian circles. But before I continue, let me make it clear that I love the Lord our God with all my heart and soul and mind, and I try always to love my neighbor as myself. I believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, and the Bible is the only Holy Book I live by. I believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God the Father, and therefore, Jesus is God the Son. Jesus paid for my sins with his blood on a cross nearly two thousand years ago, and Jesus is my Lord, Savior and King. I hope to serve him forever.
Though we are not Jehovah’s Witnesses, we do not celebrate Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day anymore. To learn why, click below. http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/holidays2.htm
So now in these end-times, we house church, meaning a group of believers meet weekly in homes instead of in church buildings.
Click and read the article above, and then decide in prayer whether we are right or wrong, regarding these holidays. The Lord has promised to lead us into all truth. However, He also said to test the spirits to see if they are from the Lord.
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