Crossridge Church

Estimated Population in the First Century:
Rome - 1.2 million
Alexandria - 500,000-600,000
Antioch - 200,000-600,000
Ephesus - 200,000-250,000
Corinth - 150,000-300,000
Jerusalem - 80,000
Athens - 30,000

QUOTE - John Stott
“The norm of Christian experience is a cluster of four things: repentance, faith in Jesus, water baptism, and the gift of the Spirit. Though the perceived order may vary a little, the four belong together and are universal in Christian initiation. The laying-on of apostolic hands, however, together with tongue speaking and prophesying, were special to Ephesus, as to Samaria, in order to demonstrate visibly and publicly that particular groups were incorporated into Christ by the Spirit; the New Testament does not universalize them.”