By the River, In the Streets, In the Dark: Origin Story of the Church in Philippi - Acts 16:11-40

In Acts 16:11–40, we encounter the surprising beginnings of the church in Philippi. Through Lydia, the enslaved girl, and the jailer, we see that the good news of Jesus meets people exactly where they are and sets them free in profoundly different ways. What begins as a conversation by the river, a disruption in the streets, and a song in the dark becomes something the empire could never have imagined: a new kind of community.