Title: The Church God Pleases
Contents
Ex) Description of founding and establishment
Ex) Watch the church planting video
body description
*Description of Scattering (verse 19)
From a church growth perspective, there is a tendency to collect data from successful churches and follow them.
But I want to be like the Antioch church in today's text.
What kind of church was the church in Antioch?
1. It was a cooperative church.
Acts 13:1 “And there were prophets and teachers in the church of Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyreneite, Manaen the younger brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”
The five people here are people who have vastly different learning environments and learning environments.
Nevertheless, they worked together to build the Antioch church.
Example) Reconstruction of the wall in Ne 3 / Disciples of Jesus
Example) 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days
Ex) The difference between a cruise ship and a warship / George Washington nuclear aircraft carrier
Example) Two-seater bike - The horse behind the friend
2. It was a church that had a good reputation (verse 22).
Verse 22, “When the church in Jerusalem heard about these men, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.”
Verse 26, “When they met, they brought him to Antioch, and the two of them gathered in the church for a year and taught a great crowd, and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.”
The members of the Antioch church hear the voice of “Christians” from those around them.
*Description of titles called by Christians/Jews/Gentiles
It was around the age of 2 that the title of Christian was officially called.
In the middle ground, the members of the Antioch Church lived a life that was entirely pleasing to God, not the world on one side and the church life on the other.
The Gentiles who saw it were really looking at the members of the Antioch Church and praising them.
“You are the real Christians!”
Organize your words.
Today, we are giving thanks to God for the 2nd anniversary of our establishment.
In this Muslim-majority region, 10% of the Korean population in other regions comes to church, but in Malacca, where there are about 80 Koreans, 50% of them go to church.
This is God's grace.
So we need to work together more.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
ex) father of 7 brothers
We believe that our church is a church that God approves and pleases.