What is the difference between a house church and a cell group or a home fellowship group?
The primary difference is in how we view ourselves. A house church views its house meeting as the primary expression of its community life. The joint meetings with other house churches or with MCF serve important functions, but they do not represent the house church’s primary community. Consequently, a house church leader has a level of responsibility more like that of a pastor than of a small group leader. The house church is responsible for insuring that every member is baptized, praying, reaching out, and growing spiritually. House churches are not limited to a certain topic, people-group, or duration of time. They are not Bible study groups or prayer meetings, although they might have these subgroups within them. They are true churches, offering a wide scope of Christian ministry in their effort to bring every member to spiritual maturity and fruitful ministry.
