The Church At Antioch

Description

In this book we are invited to travelback in time to the year AD 45 and tothe city of Antioch, an importanttrade, commercial and culturalcentre, but also the location of thefirst Gentile church to be mentionedin the Bible.It was here that followers of Jesuswere first called ‘Christians’.Drawing from the book of Acts andelsewhere in the New Testament,William Nelson pieces together apicture of this church and discoversthat it was one from which we havemuch to learn.Led by godly leaders who werefaithful in their teaching, and as apraying, evangelistic, Holy Spirit-led,united, giving, hospitable, maturingand encouraging fellowship, thechurch of Antioch provides us with atemplate for church life today.