Paul Preaches

Aim: To know how Paul’s missionary work started.

Key words: Gentiles: Non-Jews Gospel: Good news

_____ April 2010

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?

1. It is a popular holiday destination2. It is the 81st largest island in the world3. Halloumi cheese comes from here4. It has the same national anthem as Greece5. The UK ruled here until 19606. 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

Tasks1. 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?