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In this study, we will read the first sermon by Paul recorded in Acts. We also see the transition of leadership from Barnabas to Paul. And most importantly, we see how Paul effectively preached the Word of God and how the first church in Galatia was started in just a couple of weeks.

In this study, we will read about the leaders in Antioch, the Church’s first missions team, Barnabas, Saul and John Mark. In this passage we will witness as they arrive at their first two primary destinations on the Island of Cyprus. Most importantly, we see how the Holy Spirit led, filled, and empowered the missionaries making it effective, and powerful.

In this study, we will read about the martyrdom of James the apostle, and the imprisonment of Peter by Herod Agrippa, the miraculous deliverance of Peter out of prison by the ministry of an angel, & the death of Herod in the height of his pride by the stroke of an angel, the minister of God’s justice.

In this study, we look at how God used a variety of people and gifts to start His church in Antioch, which would now become the central mission sending church for the rest of the book of Acts.

In this study, we look at how God poured out His Holy Spirit on the Gentiles and how the church in Judea began to come to terms with the fact that salvation was in fact, for the gentiles as well as the Jews.

In this study, we look at how God prepared Peter to open the door for the Gospel to spread to the Gentiles. In the process we see how God chooses to use ordinary men and women to minister to His children no matter who they are, or where they are.

In this study, we look at when Saul finally went back to Jerusalem to meet Peter and how he was originally rejected by the church leaders in Jerusalem. Once accepted, the Holy Spirit moves Saul back to Tarsus and begins leading Peter into Gentile territory where Jesus will open the early church’s ministry to the Gentiles.

In tonight’s study, we take a look at how God used an ordinary man by the name of Ananias to heal, minister to, and baptize Saul. We then see how Saul’s radical conversion transforms him from a highly respected Pharisee into a hated Christian among the Jewish people.

In tonight’s study, we look at how Phillip was then called to the desert where the Holy Spirit will use him to minister to Ethiopian official who was seeking God. Then in the beginning of chapter nine, we will see how God met Saul of Tarsus on the way to Damascus and reveals Himself to Saul resulting in Saul’s conversion.

In this study, we take a look at how Saul led the charge to persecute the early Christians and from that persecution, arose one of the greatest movements of the early church, the scattering of Christians throughout Judea and Samaria. We will also learn a little more about Phillips ministry in Samaria and how God used him to build a bridge between the Samaritans and the apostles which resulted in many saved, healed, baptized and joy filled new believers in churches throughout Samaria.