Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 5, 2007
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the first church, let’s take a look at what happened and how it relates to the church today.
1- the proclamation of the gospel
2- the persecution of the apostles
3- the proliferation of the church
                
                    
                        INTRO.- Church happenings.  What is happening in our churches?
ILL.- A group of women were talking.  One lady said, “Our congregation is sometimes down to thirty and forty on Sunday night.”
	
Another said, “That’s nothing, sometimes our group is down to six or seven.”  An old maid added her bit,
                        
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