Gehring, Roger W.

House church and mission : the importance of household structures in early Christianity / Roger W. Gehring. - Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 2004. - xxii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-381) and indexes.

Introduction -- The use of houses before Easter -- The post-Easter use of houses in the primitive church in Jerusalem -- The use of houses in Pauline missional outreach -- The continuing influence of oikos structures in the Pauline antilegomena -- The ecclesiological and missional function and significance of house churches.

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Church--Biblical teaching.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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