To: BibChr
Many evangelical and pentecostal churches also start out in storefronts and home-based groups, then go on to buy a church building and develop into established churches with a paid pastor and board of directors.
In foreign countries, congregations meet in home groups because of persecution by national authorities. If they build a building, it's often bombed or torched. They have no choice but to meet this way.
37 posted on
12/07/2004 8:52:17 AM PST by
Ciexyz
(I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie.)
To: Ciexyz
Yep. As I used to point out when I pastored a church meeting in homes, in the NT "church"
never refers to a building.
The problem isn't where these groups meet; it's what they believe.
Dan
What Is Biblical Christianity?
40 posted on
12/07/2004 9:07:14 AM PST by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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