Questions Answered
When did Xenos start?
We started as a home church in 1985.
Our sister church is Xenos Christian Fellowship
in Columbus, Ohio.
It started in the early 1970s as an Ohio State University
campus-based Bible study. The Columbus church also boasts over 400 home-based
groups, which form the core of the ministry of the larger
fellowship.
Xenos Christian Fellowship of Dayton is a church focused on growing home groups.
What is a home church?
It is a group of people who meet in a house rather than a church building. For the first 400 years Christians met in homes before there were churches.
To create a close knit, dynamic, intimate, small group, bible-based fellowship in which believing Christians can become excited and alive in their faith and to which seekers or non-believers can be comfortable coming with their questions and doubts and about Christianity, in order to
- build a committed body of workers
- disciple new and growing believers
- grow and replicate small group communities that obey the
'one another' commands and carry out the Great Commission
Does Xenos of Dayton belong to a denomination?
We are non-denominational. We are loosely affiliated with other Xenos churches located in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
Are you a church or a Bible study?
We're both. The Bible defines a church as the body of people who are Christians, not a building. All of our teaching is Bible based, with New International Version and New American Standard being the most commonly used translations.