Dancing in the Kingdom- Table of Contents
Dancing In the Kingdom – Part 1 – Shadows of the Kingdom – Chapter 1 – Prelude
New Testament Missions
[Bible references: Acts 8-28; Romans 9-10]
In the Bible, the most extensive effort to bring the Gospel to the world was carried out by Paul. Paul’s efforts are recorded in the book of Acts and in the letters Paul wrote. Paul undertook four missionary journeys. The first journey covered parts of what is now Turkey. The second and third journeys expanded the mission in that area and then also expanded into the area we now call Greece. Paul’s fourth journey was to Rome. [The Bible hints about the possibility that Paul went to the are we now call Spain, but there is no corroborative evidence of that.]
The Bible doesn’t talk much about what journeys the other apostles went on, but there is evidence that the other apostles did their own missionary journeys. According to the information we have, Peter went to Rome, Andrew to the Greek city of Patras, James stayed in Jerusalem, John to Ephesus, Philip to the Greek city of Hierapolis, Bartholomew and Thomas to India, Matthew to Ethiopia, James of Alphaeus to Egypt.
Observe
Read Romans 9:1-19; 10:1-7. The early church was mainly Jews and did not seek out non-Jews on their own initiative but eventually God directed the church to do so. What would God need to do to convince you to serve in a place where you were not comfortable?
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