As we saw last week the church is growing fast, and now we have Deacons elected to help the Apostles administer the body. One of these first Deacons, though that title will not be used until much later, is Stephen. Peter is falling away as far as the account in Acts is concerned, and soon the account will focus on Paul, and the bridge between the two is this account of Stephen.

When we left the story last week everyone was continually praising and worshiping God. There were about one hundred and twenty of them and they were uniquely unified in thought and action. Acts chapter one covers the ten-day period form the ascension of Jesus to the day of Pentecost, our text for this week will be covering the amazing events surrounding the day of Pentecost…