1. What do you think was Luke's intent in verse 1 when he writes "Now in those days?"












 

2. Explain what was the reason for the rapid growth of the early church? (We think today of additions but in the early church they were multiplying.)














 

3. Is most church growth today Biblical or unbiblical?




 

4. Is the church today too organized or too unorganized?










 

What about GBC?










 

5. The complaint that the Hellenists raised, was it legitimate?
















 

6. What was meant by what the twelve said, "It is not desirable that we should leave the Word of God and serve tables"?
















 

7. Most teaching today on deaconship uses this passage as to when and where the first deacons were chosen. Can you make a case for this?

















 

8. List the qualifications that the twelve gave that the men should have, and compare them to the list found in I Tim. 3:8-13.










 

9. Seven men were chosen in verse 5. List some things that impressed you about some of them.












 

10. Is there a lesson to be learned or an example to follow for GBC from this passage?