Vision 2025: The Church At Antioch || Alice Meads

Vineyard Church Cardiff

Sunday 2nd February 2025 - CCAM & CCPM

Sunday 9th February 2025 - West & North Sites

Speaker - Alice Meads

Alice describes the characteristics of the church at Antioch which makes it such a valuable example of church growth and stability. She draws comparisons with our own church, and encourages us to grow in those areas which allowed the church at Antioch to extend the Kingdom of God so effectively.

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Acts 11 v 19 - 21

19) Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews. 20) However, some of the believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and Cyrene began preaching to the Gentiles about the Lord Jesus. 21) The power of the Lord was with them, and a large number of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord.

Acts 11 v 27-30

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. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) 29) So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. 30) This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

Acts 13 v 1-3

1) Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2) While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” )3) So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Recorded at CCAM - 02Feb2025