_____ April 2010
Paul Preaches
Aim: To know how Paul’s missionary work
started.
Key words: Gentiles: Non-Jews
Gospel: Good news
Reminders from last week
• How does Saul come into the story of the
early church?
• What made him leave Jerusalem?
• What happened to him on the road to
Damascus?
• What happened to him in Damascus?
• What do you think really happened on the
road – and why?
Facts about ACTS
• What we are studying this half-term comes
from the New Testament book of ACTS.
How many of these questions can you do in
the next 10 minutes?
Write the answers only in your exercise book.
Where in the world?
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It is a popular holiday destination
It is the 81st largest island in the world
Halloumi cheese comes from here
It has the same national anthem as Greece
The UK ruled here until 1960
Much of Shakespeare’s play, Othello, is set
here
Do you know where it is yet?
• It is in the Mediterranean
• It looks like this:
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the
Ends of the Earth
Paul’s First Missionary Journey
The spread of the Roman Empire
Tasks
1. What made the followers of Jesus spread out
from Jerusalem?
2. How do you think the followers of Jesus felt
when Saul joined the Church?
3. Why do you think that Saul started to be called
Paul when he went on missionary trips?
4. Why was Cyprus a good place to start
missionary work?
5. Why did Paul always preach in the synagogues
before speaking to the Gentiles?
6. How did the Roman Empire help the church to
spread?