1. CH625—Early Church—Phil Harrold (TSM) Early house churches “[Christianity] grew because Christians constituted an intense community…” --Rodney Stark

2. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) Jewish background

3. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) Greco-Roman background... with groups of disciples who emphasized philia and koinōnia...

4. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) Peculiar rites  domus ekklēsia “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:42-47)

5. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) Peculiar rites  domus ekklēsia koin ō nia

6. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) Why did the Lord’s Supper assume such significance in the development of koinōnia and, in turn, the distinctive ethos of the early church? koin ō nia

7. Origins of the House Church (domus ekklēsia) What did this bread-breaking koinōnia actually look like?

8. Ekklēsia and koinōnia in the Sub-apostolic Era Placing Christian life and worship in a house church

9. Ekklēsia and koinōnia in the Sub-apostolic Era Placing Christian life and worship in a house church Catechesis

10. Ekklēsia and koinōnia in the Sub-apostolic Era Placing Christian life and worship in a house church

11. Ekklēsia and koinōnia in the Sub-apostolic Era The house church atmosphere

12. Women in the Early Church

13. Women in the Early Church: The private-public factor Historical arguments of Carolyn Osiek and Karen Torjesen