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The book of Acts talks about the history of the Christian church and its early formation. The birth of the church in Acts 2:1-47 and leadership of church in Acts 6:1-7.
Yes, the church in Acts would be considered successful by contemporary standards
No they did not go to church. the first church is mentioned in the book of Acts.
In the King James translation, the word "church" appears 22 times in the book of Acts.
Your first resource in studying the history of the early church should be the book of Acts (Acts of the Apostles) in the Christian New Testament in the Bible.
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Church in Jerusalem Acts 2:40, Churches in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria Acts 9:31, Church at Antioch Acts 13:1. These are some examples of the first Christian churches. Read the book of Acts to get a complete list.
God wants you to be part of the church that Jesus, his son, has purchased with his blood called the Church Of Christ .....its in Acts 20:28. God said you will only be saved if you are in Jesus's body which is the church
The church. Not just the church as in the building. But the church as in the people who are saved. Read Acts. It talks about the church's (the body of believers) roles in the community.
Acts of the Apostles has long been regarded as a history of the early Church. The Acts Seminar was set up to review the book carefully and look for evidence of historicity in Acts. It determined that the book was written in the second century and does not accurately record events and personalities of the early church. Scholars participating in the Seminar concluded (See Acts and Christian Beginnings) that Acts is "a primary resource for understanding second-century Christianity", as the book writes of events and purported events in the time of Peter and Paul as if they took place at the time of writing.
A Pentecostal church is the body of Christ who believes what happened in the book of Acts in the upper room, when the Holy Spirit fell on the disciples in Acts chapter 2. There are many different denominations that are Pentecostal, and the Church of God of Prophecy, and Church of God are among the biggest denominations.
The purest growth of the church (global/universal) is through the growth of the churches (local churches). This is seen in Acts where the universal church grows by adding more and more local churches to it. Check Acts 16:7