Tell me more ×  According to Acts 4:32-37, the early Christians
pooled all their possessions and had no private ownership. Is
there any record of how long this lasted, and why it ended?
share|improve this question Good Question. I feel like we should
do this too. :) –  Sȱɳɨȼ Ʈħe ǶḝÐɠḝħȱɠ Aug 30 '11 at 5:13
@ChaosGamer as long as everyone is compliant. –  Cryst Aug 30
'11 at 6:26 @Cyst: Should we base our obedience on that of
others? –  Flimzy Aug 30 '11 at 9:50 Jesus is the standard. Did
he care about owning land or having houses and possessions? – 
Jim Jun 12 at 22:30 add comment  4 Answers  up vote 7 down vote
accepted  There is an excellent written words in this page on
"No one that lacked..." section.  Acts 4:34 says that “there was
not a needy person among them” due to distribution of the
proceeds of the sale of houses and land.  Now, as stated above,
we don’t know how long this arrangement continued. However, by
the end of the eleventh chapter, there were certainly many needy
believers, many who lacked