Wednesdays Starting January 11th | 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Room: 206/208 | Cost: $0 | Teacher: John Redman

This series of studies in the Book of Acts continues the story that began in Luke's gospel, covering more than 30 years after the ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven. In that short time, the Christian church was established and the gospel of salvation was taken throughout the known world - from Jerusalem to Rome. Those preaching the gospel were just ordinary people with natural human limitations but they were empowered by the Holy Spirit and thus turned the world "upside down" for Christ.

We will explore together the events and activities of the early church, expanding our understanding of how they directly relate to us today and explaining what would otherwise be many unanswered questions when we read the epistles that follow. God gave us the book of Acts to do more than satisfy our historical curiosity. Like all Scripture, its purpose is to inform and deepen our faith in Jesus Christ. Acts does this, by letting us view how Jesus kept his promise to be with his church and build his church through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. In Acts, we watch the risen Lord use the apostles to lay the foundation of the church, and we discover the priorities that must shape the church today.