The Great Commission! Why don’t we carry it out as seriously as the early church did? What paradigm shifts do we need to make in order to carry out the Great Commission?

What is Faith? Can you think of anyone who has inspired you through their example of Faithfulness to God? What did they do? How did they live out their Faith?

God is on the move and is drawing people from the most unexpected places to believe in Him. In the idol worshipping city of Jericho, God made the gospel known to Rahab before she even met the people of Israel. join us this Sunday as we are challenged to go forward knowing that God has worked to prepare hearts before we even arrive.

We are in the middle of Paul’s second missionary journey and in today’s passage, we find Paul, Silas, Timothy and Luke in Philippi.

The Holy Spirit desires to lead us in every step of our lives, ministry or work. But how do we recognize, be sensitive to and obey the leading of the Spirit? Let us learn from how the Holy Spirit led Paul and his team in Acts 16:6-15

On Sunday, we look at Acts 15:36 - Acts 16:5 as the Apostle Paul begins his second missionary journey. We will learn about Paul’s passion, his choice of people and the preparation for his journey - and how these might guide us in the missions in life which God has given each of us.

The gospel message is the heart of Christianity. We are called not just to be experts of the gospel and to communicate the gospel well, but we are also commanded to defend the gospel. Leaders of churches have an even greater responsibility to defend the gospel both from within and from outside of the church. In Acts 15, we will discover how the early church leaders defended the gospel from attacks from people within the church.

In the Book of Acts we see a clear pattern of believers intentionally entering new areas, sharing the Gospel, beginning transformational discipleship, gathering believers into simple house churches, appointing local leaders (elders), and moving on to other areas with the intention of returning to strengthen these new churches as part of the growing multi-ethnic Body of Christ. In Acts 14:21-28 we see Paul and Barnabas returning to the newly established churches in Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch to strengthen the believers and appoint local leaders in the face of heavy persecution. Join us at JICF this week as we take a deeper look at the establishment of leaders in these early churches and how this relates to healthy, biblical forms of leadership in the modern church.

The message of the gospel requires a response from us. What would be a good and bad response? Let us hear what happens in Acts 14:8-20.

As we continue to follow Paul's and Barnabas' missionary journey into the cities of Iconium, Lystra and Derbe, we can extract from the passage that they possess certain characteristics that made them effective missionaries.