In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and maintaining structures. However, some structure is necessary to send out missionaries to make disciples elsewhere. In Acts 13:1-5 we meet the first church that sent out its own missionaries.
After Jesus gave his disciples very troubling news, he told them in John 14:1-14, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” He went on to...
Although Christians may suffer much, and many things are against us, we will end up being hyper-victorious in Christ.
Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.