Missiological Reflection on Acts 13

Abstract

The previous lesson introduced us to a new beginning, especially for Saul who from Acts 13 on is called “Paul.” Of course, more is involved than a new beginning for Paul. Though the “mother church” and most of the twelve apostles may still be in Jerusalem, the launching pad for the mission of the early church now becomes (Syrian) Antioch. A “missionary band” will be sent out from that church and the “sending” from Antioch becomes the harbinger of the sending out of multiplied thousands of such missionary bands from the first century to this twenty-first century.