House Churches Take Firm Root In Europe
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In continental Europe, a wide variety of Christian movements are developing house churches and house church networks. For example, over 150 house churches have emerged in Switzerland, about 40 in Austria, more than 500 in Germany and around 40 in Holland. Groups from varied denominational backgrounds are developing house churches, like Koinonia Giovanni Baptista, who have a base in Northern Italy, or the International Missions board of the Southern Baptist, who are strongly moving towards home-based churches across Europe. Peter Wenz, an apostolic leader from Stuttgart, Germany, has seen a network of house churches grow to around 250 house churches today, around 6,000 people visit a weekly celebration in the city.
In the UK as well, many are exploring ways of returning to the simpler roots of the house church movement of the 60's and 70's. Decades of prayer for revival are generating in many hearts a desire to see modern day church planting movements. From the New Churches to Alpha - simple, organic expressions of church life are emerging.
"If things continue at their present pace, I will not be surprised if those numbers will explode the next few years," says Wolfgang Simson, author of Houses That Change The World.