Throughout the book of Acts there are a few different instances of growth in the church that come after the Ascension of Jesus. The one that anyone who has the slightest bit of knowledge on the book of Acts would know is The Pentecost. The day of the Pentecost there were 120 believers all in one spot, praying to God to show them whether Barsabbas or Matthias should be the new Apostle in place of Judas, who had been struck dead by God. Acts 2:1-4, everyone in the room was filled with the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2:14-41 Peter preaches a message to the devout Jews in Jerusalem. Acts 2:38-39 states, "Peter replied, Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
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Acts 3:2-3 says, "As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going in to the Temple." Acts 3:5-6 states, "The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. But Peter said, I don 't have any silver or gold for you. But I 'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!" At this moment a miraculous healing took place and the man got up and ran around praising God. At this moment the people had not seen a miracle for many years, they all knew who this lame man was and he was now running around. Peter ends up speaking again starting in Acts 3:12, telling the people that they denied Christ out of ignorance. Acts 4:4 says, "But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers no totaled 5,000, not including women and children. This lame man is the same one that Jesus would have passed by each day on his way to the Temple, yet he never performed a miracle in his life. He had it planned out perfectly so that Peter and John could give it all to …show more content…
Some of the biggest church growth however has been happening within the churches themselves. A southern-baptist church called Elevation which is based in Charlotte, NC, is a church of 17,000 people with several churches throughout the area. There is Elevation Blakeney, Elevation Mathews, Concord, Gaston, Greater Toronto Area, Lake Norman, Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Rock Hill, Roanoke, University City, Uptown, Weddington, and Extension sites according to (elevationchurch.org) This massive church is led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Tim Funk (2015), states, "In nine years, Charlotte 's Elevation Church has grown from the 121 worshippers at its first service to the more than 17,000 who now show up every weekend at its 13 locations." To hear about a church growing to that number in less than 10 years is an outstanding thing and a huge instance of church
Acts 3:2-3 says, "As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going in to the Temple." Acts 3:5-6 states, "The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. But Peter said, I don 't have any silver or gold for you. But I 'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!" At this moment a miraculous healing took place and the man got up and ran around praising God. At this moment the people had not seen a miracle for many years, they all knew who this lame man was and he was now running around. Peter ends up speaking again starting in Acts 3:12, telling the people that they denied Christ out of ignorance. Acts 4:4 says, "But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers no totaled 5,000, not including women and children. This lame man is the same one that Jesus would have passed by each day on his way to the Temple, yet he never performed a miracle in his life. He had it planned out perfectly so that Peter and John could give it all to …show more content…
Some of the biggest church growth however has been happening within the churches themselves. A southern-baptist church called Elevation which is based in Charlotte, NC, is a church of 17,000 people with several churches throughout the area. There is Elevation Blakeney, Elevation Mathews, Concord, Gaston, Greater Toronto Area, Lake Norman, Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Rock Hill, Roanoke, University City, Uptown, Weddington, and Extension sites according to (elevationchurch.org) This massive church is led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Tim Funk (2015), states, "In nine years, Charlotte 's Elevation Church has grown from the 121 worshippers at its first service to the more than 17,000 who now show up every weekend at its 13 locations." To hear about a church growing to that number in less than 10 years is an outstanding thing and a huge instance of church