In Acts 20:17-38, Paul passed the torch of ministry to the elders of the church in Ephesus. In his speech to them, Paul described the character of elders and their work of ministry. With a few such elders as Paul described, the church has the team it needs to fulfill the mission that God has given it.
Even though his people grumbled and quarreled, the Lord satisfied their needs at his own expense.
As Paul demonstrated in his trial before Governor Felix, Christians must testify about Christ with our words and with our lives.
Although the word church appears only three times in all of the gospels, in Matthew 16:13-23 and Matthew 18:15-20. However, the church figured large...