Home-Churches in the Early Christianity and Their Implications for Urban Discipleship Today

Authors

  • Eric E. Richter Adventist University of the Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17162/recm.v18i1-2.1536

Keywords:

Adventist missiology, small groups, temple, urban evangelism

Abstract

Since its beginnings, the Early Christianity was predominantly an urban religion. In contrast, the Seventh-day Adventist Church emerged as a rural religious movement and has struggled to reach large urban centers with its message. The present paper investigates whether the use of one of the evangelistic strategies of early Christianity, the home-churches, can be useful to the current Seventh-day Adventist Church to carry out urban evangelism. With this objective, a documentary analysis is carried out to determine the characteristics and benefits of home-churches in apostolic Christianity. Then the implications of these advantages and their possible applicability in the current urban evangelistic context is developed.

Published

2021-08-30

How to Cite

Richter, E. E. (2021). Home-Churches in the Early Christianity and Their Implications for Urban Discipleship Today. Revista Estrategias Para El Cumplimiento De La Misión (Strategies for the Completion of the Mission), 18(1-2), 65–84. https://doi.org/10.17162/recm.v18i1-2.1536