Sent - The First Church Fight (9:45 Contemporary)

Chapelwood Road Trip - Sent: The First Church Fight: Despite Jesus’ words to the contrary, the early church “holed up” in Jerusalem. There, they suffered the first “church fight” when the Greek Christians felt their widows were not receiving fair and equal treatment. This results in the appointment of seven deacons, one of whom is Stephen. After the death of Stephen, all but the apostles flee for their lives from Jerusalem. This becomes the means by which Acts 1:8 is forced upon the church as Philip and the others scatter the Word and the church begins to grow. So in a sense, the very first church fight led to the growth of the church. Nothing is beyond God’s power to use to manifest his purposes.