Archival Post & Podcast: 7 Lessons From Growing Pains In the Church

May 6, 2021 Nate Holdridge

7 Lessons From Growing Pains In the Church

Archival Post & Podcast

A few years into the new church age, Jerusalem was still its only location. It would take a decade or so for the gospel to break into the Gentile world, and the early years of the church were mainly spent growing and forming in the same city in which Christ died and was buried and rose and ascended. As the number of believers increased, so did the complexity of ministry.

7 Marks Of A Cool Church (Acts 2:42)

September 10, 2019 Nate Holdridge

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(Acts 2:42)

I have heard recitations of Acts 2:42 my entire Christian life. Seems the circles I run in love it. Part of it has got to be the sweet outline -- "4 things, everyone. Teaching, fellowship, bread-breaking, and prayers." But another part of it has got to be the beauty. Who wouldn't want to be part of something as radical as the early days of the church? Jesus ascended. The Spirit fell. The crowd gathered. Peter preached, and 3,000 souls were added to the church. How did they respond? Acts 2:42. (12 Minutes, 3000 Words)

7 Lessons From Growing Pains in the Church (Acts 6:1–7)

December 19, 2018 Nate Holdridge

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(Acts 6:1–7)