Translations:Home as a Place of Service/6/en

When we read Acts we see how the Church was expanding through the Roman Empire. But we also see how the first Christians were using their homes for ministry. When Cornelius got an order from God to invite Peter, he invited him to his home where he gathered a pretty big crowd. When Peter was arrested by Herod, the church was praying for him in the house of John Mark’s mother. In Acts 16:11-15 we read about the beginning of the church in Philippi. It all started when a woman named Lidia invited the apostle Paul and his friends to stay at her home. At the end of Acts we read about Paul’s ministry in Rome. Where? “They came to him at his lodging in large numbers.”“And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.” (Acts 28:23,30,31)