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Household of Faith Church
We need to distinguish between these three concepts in order to fully understand what the Household of Faith is intended to be. The Households of Faith is first of all not a House Church in that The Household of Faith will be part of the local Church's structure and will strengthen the local congregation. House Churches usually have only a loose connection with one another and no buildings but for the homes they meet in. The Household of Faith is a separate entity like the House Church but a Household of Faith has a permanent tie to the church either through a local parish or a Diocesan structure. The Household of Faith is part of a wider Episcopal structure and under the authority of the Church. Other denominations might order their Households of Faith in a similar manner.
The Household of Faith is not a Home Meeting in that it is intended not to be a long term entity and also not a short term form of Christian outreach in an area. Some Home Meetings are formed for a single purpose such as a Bible Study, a Social or a Prayer Group but these tend to end up with a fixed membership over many years. Home Meetings are also sometimes employed over the short term as a form of evangelism in an area. The Household of Faith is intended to be an arm of the local church which trains up local Christians and is mandated to multiply and double its membership every two years.
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