GOING TO CHURCH IN THE FIRST CENTURY
By Robert Banks
Seedsowers, © 1980, 48 pages

This well-researched piece of historical fiction paints a compelling picture of the first-century house church. The gathering, centered on a meal and conversation, is a transformation of a standard cultural form, clearly a part of its culture (Rome) yet having a distinct focus (Jesus).

Leaders from house church to mega church should consider how to integrate this much-needed form into local church ministry.


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