Paul founded several churches during his missionary journeys, including the churches in Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi, and Ephesus. These churches were located in various regions of the ancient Roman Empire.
The exact number of churches that the Apostle Paul started is not known, but he is associated with founding several churches in the Mediterranean region, including churches in Corinth, Ephesus, Philippi, and Thessalonica. These churches were established during his missionary journeys to spread the teachings of Christianity.
Paul Twitchell founded Eckankar in 1965.
Barnabas was Paul's companion on his first missionary journey. They traveled together to Cyprus and Asia Minor to preach the gospel and establish churches.
St. Paul kept in touch with the churches he set up through letters. He wrote letters to address issues, provide teaching, and offer guidance to the early Christian communities. These letters were later compiled into the New Testament of the Bible.
Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend to think there are more than 14. I would assume that there are some churches started that were not necessarily mentioned as churches in the NT. For instance there is no mention of a church started in Athens, but there are households that began to follow Christ there, so we can assume that a church was born there. In Philippi there were two households that surrendered to the gospel (Lydia's and the Jailer's), so there could be two organic churches there. Some say that there is just one church in Philippi because Paul wrote a letter to them, but it is actually to the saints in Christ who are in Philippi. He wrote a letter to the churches of Galatia, how many of them is not mentioned. So numbering the churches Paul started is a challenge.While he only started the Ephesian church in Asia, this one in turn started so many others that every person who lived in Asia heard the message of the Gospel. Does that count as only one church? How many churches were started in Cyprus on the first missionary journey? We know it is more than one. How many were left in Crete?There are places we have no mention of a church but we know he was there preaching such as Illyricum (Rom. 15:9). Did Paul start churches while in Damascus? Well someone already did because he was on his way there to arrest them, so probably not. But when he went to Arabia he may have started churches. Some assume he was just on retreat listening to the Lord, but he was chased out by the officials, so we can assume he did some preaching (meditating on a rock is not usually that threatening to people).Did he start churches while he was in Tarsus? Acts does mention churches in Syria (Acts 15:40-41) could it be that some of these started before he was sent from Antioch? Did Paul go to Spain? If so then perhaps he started churches there as well, but we do not know. He did go to Crete and started some churches and left Titus there to further establish the work.He probably started close to 20 churches himself, with many more born out of those by his apprentice leaders. In Asia alone the NT mentions Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, Colossae, and Hieropolis. Ephesus was really a city full of churches meeting in homes and from that work all the others were started. So while starting upwards of 20 churches in one's life is impressive, what is far more impressive is how many daughters, grand-daughters and great-grand-daughters were birthed from those. When Paul left earth in the end of his life he not only left some church plants, he left the DNA of a movement that would eventually spread to the extent that even the Roman Empire itself would surrender to Christianity (for better or worse). History was changed in dramatic fashion through this one man's obedience.I am discovering that simple obedience is a powerful thing in one's life. More powerful than spiritual gifts or personalities. Certainly more powerful than any program or strategy. In a day where we Christians are already educated beyond obedience, I find that what we need is not more education but simple obedience to what we already know. Follow Jesus today. Take one step at a time and leave the results and the destination up to the one you are following.Every one reading this blog can also obey the same God as Paul and leave behind a lasting and vital work for the Lord of the harvest. Paul said, "Follow me as I follow Christ."
Paul founded many of the early New Testament Churches. He taught the churches what he had received from the Lord. He guided and corrected the early churches. Paul also prayed for the many New Testament churches.
The Apostles and their disciples - particularly Paul.
No. The apostle Paul was put into the ministry by the Lord immediately following his conversion on the road to Damascus. Read Acts 9
John was said to have founded the seven churches in Asia Minor.
Paul founded the church in Galatia. Soon after he had left the area to carry on his missionary work, the churches were led astray by people promoting another gospel. This other gospel centred around Judaism and mosiac law. Paul saw this as a different gospel than that of Jesus. St Paul then in his letters to the churches of Galatia challenged their choice to continue to use this other gospel in an effort to bring them back to the churches he had established initially. He greeted them differently to help express his view on this other gospel.
In many cases, it is believed that Paul heard about the churches he wrote to through other believers who had visited or had connections to those locations. Additionally, Paul may have received updates about the churches through letters, reports, or messengers from those communities. However, the exact means by which Paul received information about the churches is not always specified in his letters.
Paul was bold and zealous for Christ, self-sacrificing for the cause of the Gospel and suffered much for it. He was compassionate for the churches he founded and for lost souls, and grieved at the hardness of those who rejected Christ, particularly his fellow Jews.
Paul returned to the churches he had already founded to strengthen and encourage the believers. He wanted to provide them with further instruction, resolve any issues or conflicts that had arisen, and ensure that they were remaining faithful to the teachings of Christ. Additionally, Paul's return visits allowed him to strengthen his personal relationship with the believers and continue his mission of spreading the gospel.
Galatians was written to the churches in Galatia.
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Paul obviously :-)
The church that Jesus Christ left on earth, was the Christian church, His Church, founded by his apostles. But what churches are these exactly. 1. The Church of Rome founded by the Apostle Peter and Paul 2. The Church of Constantinople founded by the Apostle Andrew 3. The Church of Alexandria founded by Mark the Evangelist 4. The Church of Jerusalem which was founded by Jesus himself, the continuation of his work in Jerusalem. 5. The Church of Antioch founded by the Apostle Peter. Each of these five churches before the East-West schism, formed the One true Holy and Catholic Apostolic Church, and it is from these that all other Christian denominations find their routes. Over time these churches witnessed internal schisms such as the protestant reformation which gave birth to the protestant churches. Therefore the church that Jesus Christ founded was the Christian church in all of its variation and glory