CHURCH INFLUENCE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAYAS EPHESUS’ CHURCH

CHURCH INFLUENCE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY
AS EPHESUS’ CHURCH



In Ephesus, the story begins in Acts 19, with Paul introducing twelve followers of John the Baptist to the person of the Holy Spirit.
Miracles follow and a church is established. After a Kingdom of God incident, involving the stark reality of demons, the church in Ephesus entered a fresh level of repentance, leading to both an increase in the church and a city riot. Christianity was having such an impact on Ephesus that the business of idol retailers was suffering. Accounts of the Welsh Revival of 1904-6, tell a similar story, of public houses closing due to lack of custom and even public houses being turned into church buildings for the increase demand for corporate prayer and opportunity to ‘see and hear’ the gospel.

The Epistle to the Efessians provides us the necessary spiritual understanding to reach the whole cities for Christ. Ephesus was the second city completely reached after Jerusalem and it is an e...