Which churches did paul start

Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend to think there are more than 14.

I would assume that there are some churches started that were not necessarily mentioned as churches in the NT. For instance, there is no mention of a church that started in Athens, but there are households that began to follow Christ there, so we can assume that a church was born there. In Philippi, there were two households that surrendered to the gospel (Lydia’s and the Jailer’s), so there could be two organic churches there. Some say that there is just one church in Philippi because Paul wrote a letter to them, but it is actually to the saints in Christ who are in Philippi. He wrote a letter to the churches of Galatia, with many of them are not mentioned. So numbering the churches Paul started is a challenge.

While he only started the Ephesian church in Asia, this one, in turn, started so many others that every person who lived in Asia heard the message of the Gospel.

Does that count as only one church?

How many churches were started in Cyprus on the first missionary journey? We know it is more than one. How many were left in Crete?

There are places we have no mention of a church but we know he was there preaching such as Illyricum (Rom. 15:9). Did Paul start churches while in Damascus? Well someone already did because he was on his way there to arrest them, so probably not. But when he went to Arabia he may have started churches. Some assume he was just on retreat listening to the Lord, but he was chased out by the officials, so we can assume he did some preaching (meditating on a rock is not usually that threatening to people).

Did he start churches while he was in Tarsus?

Acts does mention churches in Syria (Acts 15:40-41) could it be that some of these started before he was sent from Antioch? Did Paul go to Spain? If so then perhaps he started chur

Introduction.

In his mission to proclaim the Good news of Jesus Christ Paul set up Churches in Galatia, Philippi, Thessalonika, Corinth and Ephesus.

Each of these Churches had special challenges for Paul and he used different strategies to preach his mission in each one.

As a result of problems arising in each of these Churches we find Paul writing distinctive letters to these groups. These Letters were included in the Canon of the New Testament.

This unit will explore the problems faced by Paul in setting up each Church and the problems faced after he is gone. It is in the light of these issues that the Letters of Paul make real sense.

The Story of each community reveals a clear pattern.

1. A Paul Establishes The Church Spending Time With This Community
2. B Paul’s Departure From This Place
3. C The Church Struggles Without His Leadership
   The Antioch Church that had initially sent out Paul on his mission changed its message.  A group that wanted the Christian churches to return to a more Jewish orientation in the religion gained control in this key community. Antioch then sent people out to correct Paul’s teaching. We shall call them the ‘Judaizers.’
4. D Paul’s Writes in Response To The Disturbance
   Paul’s letters intend to re-align the churches to his teaching.

PAUL’S MISSION –

Paul served his Christian missionary apprenticeship in the town of Antioch-on-the-Orontes.

Paul spent time in traineeship with others before he setting out on a Christian mission of his own. He went on a First Missionary Journey as a companion evangelist. In this journey he earned his strips and was commissioned to embark on another one.

In his Secondary Missionary Journey he founded several important Christian Churches.

PAUL’S PLAN –

Paul had a general plan for setting up a Christian mission.

Paul does not stand on the street corner soapbox to preach the message. He is far more tactical than that.

His idea in settin

Christian apostle and missionary

"Saint Paul" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Paul (disambiguation).

Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, and he also founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.

The main source of information on Paul's life and works is the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament. Approximately half of its content documents his travels, preaching and miracles. Paul was not one of the Twelve Apostles, and did not know Jesus during his lifetime. Acco

Here at BBS, our friends often give us ideas and suggestions for new literature via  phone calls, letters, and emails. Last year, I spoke on the phone with Brother John Lynch in Idaho, and we had a great conversation around the Word of God, rightly divided. During the course of the call, John recommended that BBS produce a timeline chart of Paul’s ministry and the Book of Acts. He felt it would be helpful for people to have a visual depiction of when the important events took place in Acts, the dates and locations of Paul’s travels, and when and where Paul’s letters were written. I thought John had a tremendous idea.

When I began the study and research into this project, I soon realized that this wasn’t as easy as it sounded! There are many differing opinions as to the order in which Paul’s letters were written and the timing of the various events in Acts. When you put something in print, however, it’s like putting a stake in the ground and announcing, “This is where I stand!” I realized that I needed to come to conclusions with the Spirit’s help based on my personal study of the Word. After repeatedly reading Acts, “comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (1 Cor. 2:13), and consulting learned men who are skillful in the Word, I came to the finished product that you see below.

You will notice on the bottom left hand corner the notation that “*All dates are approximate.” I am not dogmatic about the dates, but I do believe these dates to be accurate within a range of 1 to 3 years. The main purpose of the dates is to show the chronological order and flow of the events in Paul’s life. And it can be helpful to see approximately when the various events of Paul’s ministry took place and how far apart one event is from another.

Early Ministry

As you look at the chart, you will notice that there are 11 years between Paul’s conversion (Acts 9:1-9) and when he and Barnabas were separated out by the Holy Spirit for the first apostolic journey (Acts 13:2-3). That 1