Spirit-led sending is the amazing work of the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit.[1] These words anchor the entire mission of Barnabas and Saul. Their journey did not begin with personal ambition or strategic planning; it began with divine direction. The Holy Spirit was not merely assisting; …
The church in Antioch had a compassionate response to the words of a traveling prophet. Acts 11: 27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. …
After Jesus appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus and spent years training him, we find Saul teaching at Antioch. The Jerusalem church had sent Barnabas to check out the newly formed group of Jesus followers in Antioch. Antioch was the 3rd-largest city in the Roman Empire, with a population of half a million. …