The Birth of the Church

Bible Reference: Acts – Revelation

Jesus promises that although He was leaving, the Holy Spirit would come and use them to spread the good news throughout the world.
The disciples awaited the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem and on the Day of Pentecost, fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection, the Spirit came upon Christ’s original followers.
Inhabited by the Holy Spirit, they were able to proclaim the name of Jesus boldly starting in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, then to the ends of the earth.
God used the original disciples and sent them out as “apostles” meaning “sent ones” to share the message of Christ.
When the work of the ministry became too large, seven Herodians were anointed to help the disciples, which included Stephen and Philip.
Stephen was the first martyr to die as a result of his testimony of Jesus Christ in church history.
Paul, not originally a disciple but selected by Jesus to take the Gospel to the Gentiles, was commissioned to go to Asia Minor, Greece, and then finally Rome.
As a result of the power of the Holy Spirit being unleashed, God took ordinary people and used them to accomplish His purposes.
The church spread and expanded even when widespread persecution broke out under the leadership of the Roman Emperor Nero in 66 AD.

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