Acts 18:1-5
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Reflection
When Paul goes to Corinth he does the same thing that he did in Philippi. Paul starts a people movement. He finds people who he suspects might be open to the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he begins to share that message with them. He does that through everyday relationships. He is a tentmaker and so is Priscilla and Aquila so he works with them and he uses that connection and the time they spend working together to share his faith in Jesus. Paul spent his time proclaiming the good news of Jesus. He didn’t use his time to develop an elaborate institutional structure. He used only enough organization to help him accomplish the goal of sharing Jesus with others.
How does keeping a church focused on people and developing relationships help to keep the form and function of the church simple?
