Name of Church
|
City
Population
|
Name
|
No.
Believers
|
Date
of Events
(Roman Calendar varies 4-6 years)
|
JERUSALEM
Met
in Solomon’s Porch & houses
|
100,000
(Normal)
to
500,000 (Festivals)
|
“church
at”
(Acts 8:1)
“church
in”
(Acts 11:22)
|
20,000+
|
30
AD -Apostles’ gift
Only 1 church for first 8
years
38
AD - Evangelists’ gift
150 churches next 4 years
43
AD - Prophets’ gift
44
AD – Elders / pastors / bishops’ gift
|
ANTIOCH
church
of Cyprus “sent forth ones”
|
500,000
|
“church
at”
(Acts 13:1)
|
|
“first
called Christians” 43 AD
– Church established
by & Cyrene disciples?
46
AD - Apostles sent out 1st time
50
AD - Apostles sent out 2nd time
54
AD - Apostles sent out 3rd time
60
AD - Paul’s voyage to Rome
|
PHILIPI
|
Chief
city of Macedonia
|
“saints
at”
(Phil. 1:1)
|
|
46
AD - Church established by Paul on 1st missionary journey
|
CORINTH
“church
in their house”
(Rom. 16:23)
|
Capital
of Achaia
(I Cor. l:2)
|
“church
at”
(I Cor. 16:19)
(II Cor. 1:1)
|
|
54-58
AD - Church established by Paul 3rd missionary journey
|
COLOSEE
Least
of cities
|
|
“saints
and faithful brethren”
(Col. 1:2)
|
|
Established
by Epaphras?
|
THESSALONICA
|
|
“church
of the Thessalonians”
(I Thess. 1:1)
(II
Thess.1:1)
|
|
50-52
AD - Established by Paul on 2nd missionary journey
|
BABYLON
In
Province of Chaldea
|
|
“church
at”
(I Pet. 5:13)
|
|
Established
by Peter?
|
PHILEMON
|
|
“church
in thy house”
(Philemon 2)
|
|
Church
of Colosee Established by Epaphras?
|
BEREA
|
|
|
|
AD
50-52 - Established by Paul on 2nd missionary journey
|
Name
of Church
|
City
Population
|
Name
|
No.
Believers
|
Date
of Events
(Roman
Calendar varies 4-6 years)
|
EPHESUS
(Rev. 2:1)
Capital of Asia
|
|
“saints at”
(Eph. 1:1)
“church of”
(Rev. 2:1)
|
|
AD 34 -Established by Pentecost
converts?
Paul’s 1st visit
on 2nd & 3rd missionary journeys
|
SMYRNA
(Rev. 2:8)
|
|
“church in”
(Rev. 2:8)
|
|
AD 50 - 52 -Established by Paul
on 3rd missionary journey
|
PERGAMUM
(Rev. 2:12)
|
30,000
|
“church in”
(Rev. 2:12)
|
|
|
THYATIRA
(Rev. 2:18)
Military post of Mysia
|
|
“church in”
(Rev. 2:18)
|
|
|
SARDIS
(Rev. 3:1)
Capital of Lydia
|
|
“church in”
(Rev. 3:1)
|
|
|
PHILADELPHIA
(Rev. 3:7)
Small villiage
|
|
“church in”
(Rev. 3:7)
|
|
|
LAODICIA
(Rev. 3:14)
|
|
“church in”
(Rev. 3:14)
|
|
Established by Epaphras?
|
ROME
“church in their
house”
(Rom. 16:5)
|
750,000 to 1,000,000
|
“Household”
(Rom. 16:10, 11)
|
|
AD 31-34 - Established by
Pentecost converts? “brethren / saints with them”
|