Date/Time
Date(s) - 15/10/2024 - 20/05/2025
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Are you ready for an inspiring journey through the book of Acts?
In this course, we’re going to explore the stories the book of Acts tells us about the expansion of the early church movement as the risen Jesus and the Spirit lead them.
Every six weeks (dates are listed below), we’ll have a Zoom call to discuss a reading assignment (2500 words approx.), that will help us to explore a part of Acts. The reading assignment comes with some discussion questions, which we will unpack on our call, sharing our experiences and contexts as we learn together.
Due to current limitations, the course will be in English, but you don’t need to be fluent to participate!
Over six sessions, we will explore how some of the early church expansion happened through diaspora networks, where messengers and migrants spread the gospel and how diaspora communities helped new churches to be planted elsewhere. We’ll look at cultural dynamics in these stories, and many of our contexts today, like patronage, multilingualism, and commitment to other religious beliefs, the evil eye and spiritual powers. We’ll see how the expansion happened so often as the church spontaneously responded to what God was doing. We’ll pay attention to how the Lord and the Spirit guided the early church to work out unity in the growing and diverse movement.
Our goal is to understand God’s global family as people who are part of His family! It’s going to be an exciting experience as we explore the beautiful diversity of God’s people and how His plan unfolded among them. It’s also an opportunity for us to listen, learn from each other, and apply these stories to our different contexts today.
We hope you’ll join us on this journey!
Tuesdays 6pm UK time online via Zoom
15th October 2024
26th November 2024
14th January 2025
25th February 2025
8th April 2025
20th May 2025
NB: Please note that each of these zooms will revolved around a 2500 word reading assignment that we would expect you to have already completed. Please allow sufficient time to register and receive that assignment.
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