Last week we looked at some of the offices that were being setup in the early church as models for things we do today. This week we will be following Paul and Barnabas as they leave on their first missionary journey.

This week we will look at Acts 13:1-3 and cross referencing Ephesians 4:11-16 to see the beginnings of a local church structure and the function of the church today.

Acts 12:18-19 describes what happened after Peter left the prison. At this time Peter has likely already left town after visiting a while with his fellow believers. The guards apparently slept through the whole escape, and are only now waking up, perhaps because the next shift arrived to take over. Remember Peter was chained to the guards…