Week 1: Equipped for a Mission - The Church at Antioch

Acts 13:1-12 records the moment when the gospel begins to spread beyond the familiar borders of Judea and Samaria. From the lively and diverse church in Antioch, the Holy Spirit calls Barnabas and Saul to take Christ's message to the Gentile world. This lesson explores how God equipped that congregation through worship, fasting, and prayer to become a sending church. We will see how obedience to the Spirit’s direction led to the first major missionary journey and how God’s power worked through ordinary believers to achieve extraordinary results.