CHARACTERISTICS OF WORSHIP IN THE EARLY CHURCH

Worship was characterised by the following ideas.

• Believers gathered together for prayer and worship.
• They preached the Good News of Jesus Christ (gospel).
• They preached for conversion of non believers.
• Their worship involved healing miracles.

• They conducted baptism of those who were converted.
• They shared holy communion in the process of worship.
• Worship involved works of charity (alms giving)
• There was reading of scriptures in the course of worship.
• Worship involved giving testimonies and confession of Jesus as saviour.
• Converts confessed their sins and got saved.
• It was characterised by oral preaching of the gospel.
• The early believers were persecuted for being Christians
• The early believers were united/lived in harmony.
• They carried out catechism regularly
• The church was characterised by manifestation of the Holy Spirit

• was characterised by missionary journeys.
• There was founding of churches in different places.
• There was general illiteracy among early Christians

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