What was the early church like? "It is hard for us to visualize what early Christianity was like. Certainly it was very different from the Christianity know to us today.
There were no fine buildings.
There was no hierarchy; there was no theological seminaries;
there were no Christian colleges;
there were no Sunday Schools;
there were no choirs.
Only small groups of believers ...... small fellowships.

In the beginning ther wasn't even a New Testament. The New Testament itself was not so much a cause of these fellowships as a result of them. The first books of the New Testament were the letters written to the little fellowships partly because of their difficulties, dangers and temptations.

All that they had was the fellowship; nothing else; no standing; no prestige; no honor . . .

The early Christians were not people of standing, but they had a secret power among them, and the secret power resulted from the way in which they were members one of another." Elton Trueblood, The Yoke of Christ, p 25.

Wouldn't be exciting to have that power in your life too?