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.
As he traveled toward Jerusalem, Jesus sent out 36 missionary teams and made provision for many more, because then, as now, the harvest was...
From all of eternity God held a secret, which he finally revealed through his church to all the heavenly beings.
In his sermon to the synagogue in Antioch, Paul emphasized that Jesus is the fulfillment of all of Old Testament history and prophecy.
