House Churches in Post-Communist Europe

Randy Hacker

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Pickwick Publications
10 February 2023

Christianity; Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity; Christian mission & evangelism; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

"This is an exploration of house churches, especially in Poland. The book begins with a review of literature about the """"global house church movement"""" and continues with an article on the early Christian transition from house churches to purpose-built buildings for churches. Next is an article regarding the concept of """"sacred space"""" in relation to house churches. The first half concludes with a chapter on methodology of research for a qualitative interview approach to studying house churches. The thesis then presents a theological method for using the qualitative interviews to develop ecclesiology. Sixteen interviews from thirteen house churches are presented. The thesis continues the theological method by attempting to answer the question """"why is it going on"""" and presents a thematic analysis from the qualitative interviews that includes input from sociological research done in Poland. The thesis concludes by using scriptural and academic sources in conversation with house church interviews from the interviews and global house church literature to present four primary conclusions in a practical-prophetic ecclesiology."

By: Randy Hacker
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9781666740035
ISBN 10: 1666740039
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 10 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Randy Hacker has been living in Lublin, Poland, since 1999. He is married, with three sons and a daughter. He is currently pastor of the Lublin Baptist Church, a Polish Baptist Church, in Lublin, Poland, and co-pastor of the International Christian Fellowship of Lublin, Poland; regional training coordinator for WorldVenture in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa; and lecturer in missiology in England, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine.

Reviews for House Churches in Post-Communist Europe

"""One of the compelling and reassuring promises of Jesus to his disciples is that he will build his church. The author presents a thorough work of research to help us understand the house church movement in Poland. I highly commend Randy Hacker's work and insights to church leaders for further learning and reflection on what the church can be in their contexts and communities. This is a valuable contribution in our understanding and experience of church."" --Jeff Denlinger, president, WorldVenture ""Randy Hacker has done us a great service in mapping out terrain where no cartographer has gone before. Yet he has given us more than the lay of the land; he has also provided us with a window into the ecclesiology of these burgeoning house churches. We get to glimpse what the members of these groups believe and how they came to believe it. There are insights here that are of wider significance than Post-Communist Europe."" --Ben Pugh, Cliff College"