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• Matthew 4:15–16

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which the Gospel of Matthew presents the beginning of Jesus' Galilean ministry as the fulfillment of Isaiah 9:1–2. Because it speaks of a people sitting in darkness who saw a "great light," it is frequently cited in discussions of the fulfillment of messianic prophecy and of the mission to the Gentiles.

• Jeremiah 1:6-10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which the prophet Jeremiah hesitates at his call, protesting "I am a child," and God promises to be with him and puts His words in his mouth. It is frequently cited in sermons on calling and mission.

• Antioch

  [Bible]

  Antioch is the name of two cities in the New Testament: Syrian Antioch, where believers were first called "Christians" and from which Paul's missionary journeys set out, and Pisidian Antioch, where Paul preached in the synagogue.

• Athens

  [Bible]

  Athens is a city in the Attica region of Greece that still bears the same name today. During his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul stayed there and preached on the Areopagus, as recorded in Acts 17.

• Philippi

  [Bible]

  Philippi was a Roman colony in eastern ancient Macedonia. The apostle Paul preached the gospel and founded a church there during his second missionary journey, and the city is the setting of Acts 16 and the Epistle to the Philippians.

• Thessalonica

  [Bible]

  Thessalonica was a port city in the ancient province of Macedonia. Paul founded a church there during his second missionary journey (Acts 17) and later sent 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians to this church.

• Matthew 10:40–42

  [Bible Verses]

  The closing section of the instructions Jesus gave when sending out the twelve disciples, declaring that whoever receives those he sends receives Jesus and, through him, God. Because of the phrase "a cup of cold water," the passage is often cited in sermons on small acts of service and on hospitality toward missionaries.

• Miletus

  [Bible]

  Miletus was a port city on the western coast of Asia Minor where Paul, traveling to Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey, summoned the elders of the church at Ephesus and delivered his farewell address.

• Achaia

  [Bible]

  Achaia was a Roman province in southern Greece in New Testament times, with Corinth as its principal city. Paul preached the gospel in the region during his second missionary journey.

• Pisidian Antioch

  [Bible]

  Pisidian Antioch was a Roman colony in the interior of Asia Minor. Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel in its synagogue during the first missionary journey, as recorded in Acts 13.

• Cyprus

  [Bible]

  Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean, still known today by the same name. In the Book of Acts it appears as the home of Barnabas and as the first place where the gospel was preached on Paul's first missionary journey.

• Lycaonia

  [Bible]

  Lycaonia was an inland region of south-central Asia Minor. Lystra and Derbe, where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel on their first missionary journey in Acts 14, belonged to this region.

• Derbe

  [Bible]

  Derbe was a city in the region of Lycaonia in Asia Minor where the apostle Paul preached the gospel on his first and second missionary journeys. It is mentioned only in the book of Acts.

• Land-Treading Prayer

  [Christian Life]

  Land-treading prayer is a devotional practice in which believers walk through a particular area or building and pray for it on site. Practitioners ground it in passages such as Joshua 1:3. Among Korean Protestant churches it is used in preparation for evangelism and mission, but prayer conducted at the sites of other religions has also provoked public controversy in South Korea.

• Sopater

  [People]

  Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, was a man of Berea mentioned once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. Near the end of Paul's third missionary journey, he was among the companions who traveled with Paul from Macedonia toward Asia.

• Paphos

  [Bible]

  Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. According to Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the gospel there to the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus during their first missionary journey.

• Pamphylia

  [Bible]

  Pamphylia was a region on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the Book of Acts, it appears in the list of nations at Pentecost, in the account of Paul's first missionary journey, and in the narrative of his voyage to Rome. It is known as the place where Mark left Paul and his companions.

• Spiritual Mapping

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Spiritual mapping is a method of investigating the spiritual forces believed to dominate a particular area, along with the grounds for their influence, organizing the findings like a map, and using them in prayer and mission strategy. Together with the concept of territorial spirits, it remains the subject of ongoing debate.

• Salamis

  [Bible]

  Salamis was a port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where Paul and Barnabas first preached the gospel on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:5).

• Church of Antioch

  [History]

  The church of Antioch was an early church founded in the first century in Antioch, a major city of Syria. It was there that believers were first called "Christians," and it was this church that sent Barnabas and Paul on the mission to the Gentiles.