title: House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity
author:  Roger W. Gehring 
description: <b>Roger W. Gehring </b>is adjunct professor at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He has served on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ since 1972 at Arizona State University, the Free University in Berlin, and Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. <i>House Church and Mission</i> is a translation and revision of his doctoral dissertation, written under Peter Stuhlmacher at the University of Tbingen.
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  # The Christian Home
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Samuel Philips
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I. WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN HOME?
  
  
  SECTION I. HOME IN THE SPHERE OF NATURE.
  
  
  SECTION II. HOME IN THE SPHERE OF THE CHURCH.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE MISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. FAMILY RELIGION.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE RELATION OF HOME TO THE CHURCH.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. HOME INFLUENCE.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. HOME AS A STEWARDSHIP.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN
  
  
  HOME.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE FAMILY BIBLE.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. INFANCY.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. HOME DEDICATION.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. CHRISTIAN NAMES.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. HOME AS A NURSERY.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. HOME-SYMPATHY.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. FAMILY PRAYER.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. HOME-EDUCATION.
  
  
  SECTION I. THE CHARACTER OF HOME EDUCATION.
  
  
  SECTION II. NEGLECT AND ABUSE OF HOME-EDUCATION.
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. FAMILY HABITS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. HOME-GOVERNME