The Bible mentions the early church established house fellowships, meeting regularly in private homes (Ac. 2:46; 5:42; 7:49-50; 8:3; 20:20; 28:30-31; Rom. 16:5; 1Cor. 16:19; Phm. 1:2). Another example in Acts 1:13, shows that the church met in an upper room at an inn during Pentecost. Those traveling and teaching would sometimes speak in synagogues and reason with the Jews (Ac. 9:20; 13:15). There is no mention in scripture of the early church building structures for the purpose of assembling for worship. They understood that the term “church” applied to the body of believers and not to a physical building (1Cor. 3:16-17; 2Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:21). The original Greek word translated “church” in the NT is 1577 SGD (Strong’s Greek Dictionary) Gk. (Greek) ekklesia meaning, “called out ones”.


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