Authentic Ministry: Acts 5:12-32

The Trails Church

In Acts 5:12-32 we read a report of how the Lord is at work in a local church planted in a city of vast lostness, and real threats, yet a steadfast commitment to proclaim Christ. Our verses cover a wide range of elements: days of church growth, a night in prison, a mini-sermon, and opposition. Through it all we find a thread of what might be described simply as, “Authentic Ministry.” Yet, in this update provided by Luke, we find patterns that are not only meant to be true of the ancient church, or global churches, but our church right here right now. We will think about this kind of Authentic Ministry with three signs to look for (three things to pray for): 1. Gospel Transformation, 2. Gospel Persecution, and 3. Gospel Proclamation.