In our text today, Paul and Barnabas – two of the speakers from the council who helped to foster this beautiful unity in the church – get into a dispute about their next missionary journey. The men who helped to bridge the cultural divide in the congregation find themselves unable to bridge the personal divide […]

The Jerusalem Council forms the CENTRE of the book of Acts both structurally and theologically.⁠  Acts 15 brings us to arguably the most significant decision in the history of the New Testament church.  Acts 15:1-35