Opening Our Home

The believers first met in the homes beginning on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:46). Three thousand met from house to house. The Greek text indicates that they met according to houses, which means that every house had a meeting. There was a meeting in every new believer's house. This could only happen by the Spirit. Furthermore, there were many calling on the name of the Lord (Acts 2:21).

In the home meetings, according to Acts 2:46 and 5:42, they were preaching the gospel, teaching the truth, breaking bread to remember the Lord, and having prayers.. Acts 12:12 tells us that when Peter was released from prison, he went to the house of Mary where a group of saints were praying. (The God-ordained Way to Practice the New Testament Economy, pp. 53-54)