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# House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity Paperback – March 1, 2009

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    A Wonderful Read
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2012*

House Church and Mission will stand as one of the most important studies on the First Century church. Gehring's research is invaluable in explaining the context of the house church to the worship and spread of the Christian faith in it's first years.  The sections dealing with the "oikos" or household concept found in the cultures of that time and place form a fundamental understanding of how the house church formed the basis for church growth. Gehring shows that the household pattern included not just the formal family, but also slaves, cousins and other extended family members as well as those in the community who regularly were associated with the household in business and other ventures. It would not be unheard of for a household to include 20-50 people. Usually, the head of the household had an outsize say and influence on such things as worship and beliefs. As a result, we can see the way the new religion quickly grew as not just one member, or even just those in the immediate family accepted Christ, but could spread far more rapidly as the tentacles of the household spread out from the locus of the original home.Of particular interest is the section on the house church setting in Galilee during the ministry of Jesus. Rather than simply inventing a new model for church, the early disciples followed a pattern already well understood in their native culture, and used widely by Jesus himself. It was therefore natural for the disciples and other followers to use the house church setting as they found it in the Greco-Roman world outside of Galilee. Instead of re-inventing a church model, they were able to adapt it to the dominant culture of their day.This is an excellent addition to the literature of both house churches and also of the historical understanding of the house church's importance in early times.

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    Very Scholarly Work
  

*by F***Y on Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2014*

The book is excellent and one of few on the subject.  You will not be disappointed but you will find yourself reading themany citations since it is a thoroughly researched doctoral dissertation.  At the same time it provides a wonderfullearning experience!

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    Scholarly and Timely
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2011*

Gehring's work will be recognized as foundational for many who plant and encourage house church expression. His survey of the literature to date revealed a gaping hole in scholarly treatment of the early context of worship. I found the work thorough, as any scholarly treatment of the subject should be, and insightful. It is a resource to keep.

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