How do you cultivate a church environment where discipleship is rooted in a circle of disciples discipling others? In Acts 11 and Acts 13, the church in Antioch gives the essence of a multiplying culture. This article explains that there are five things essential to multiplying disciples.

This article gives an overview of the care taken by the apostolic church of the social needs of people. Relevant texts discussed include Acts 4:32-37, Acts 6:1, Acts 11, 1 Corinthians 16:1-3. 2 Corinthians 8:1-7, and 2 Corinthians 9:1·15.

What was the nature of the ethnic conflict in early Christianity? Bennema examines how the early church approached one instance of ethnic conflict, that of admitting Gentiles into the people of God—the Antioch crisis (Galatians 2) and the Jerusalem council (Acts 15).

This article addresses the nature of Jewish Christianity and the legitimacy of the Gentile mission. This essay makes use of the Cornelius narrative in Acts 10:1-Acts 11:18 and the reference to it in Acts 15:7-9 to reflect on the development of the early church's self-understanding and identity.

The purpose of this study is to discover the meaning of the Greek word "ginomai" in its occurrences in various New Testament passages, such as Luke 23:48, Acts 11:23, Acts 27:9, Acts 28:13, Romans 3:25, and 1 Peter 2:24.

This article is a Bible study on Acts 11:19-30.

This article is a Bible study on Acts 11:1-18.