With many countries totally banning or restricting the size of social gatherings due to COVID-19 (China Outbreak Virus In December 2019) churches are being affected indefinitely due to the rapidity of the spread of this virus. Homes will be the most likely venue of choice, for church members of all ages, to fill this void.
This is an opportune time for us all to consider and respectfully offer prayers for the many believers worldwide who have been isolated for various lengths of time and for various reasons, and who have worshipped God weekly in their homes.
The conditions in the world at the time also made it necessary for the early Christians to hold their worship services and other meetings in homes. Here are a few examples:
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. Acts 28:30,31
Greet Priscilla and Aquila... Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Romans 16:3-5
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 1 Corinthians 16:19
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. Colossians 4:15
Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Philemon 1:1,2
God bless all of His faithful believers around the world who, host or attend church in a home each week, claiming the promise of Christ; “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20
