What are Christian Communities?
- A christian community is a group of people who belive that Jesus Christ is their Lord and savior
- The first believers were called Christians at a place called Antioch
- Christians worship in church
- The Roman Catholics
- Pentecostal Assemblies of God(PAG)
- The Seventh Day Adventist (SDDA)
- The Methodist church
- African inland church {AIC}
- Presbyterian church of east Africa{PCEA}
- The Pentecostal evangelistic fellowship of Africa {PEFA}
- Full gospels churches of Kenya {FGCK}
- The Lutheran church
- The Salvation Army.
- Some of the Christian communities were started by the missionaries.
- The church at Antioch had some leaders who were prophets and teachers.
- Some of them were
- Barabbas
- Simon {called black}
- Lucias from Cyrene.
- Manach who was brought up with Herod Antipas.
- Saul
- Paul guided by the holy spirit strengthened the Christian believers in
- Antioch
- Caesarea
- Galatia
- Phrygia.
Quiz
- Name five Christian communities in Kenya
- He preached the gospel to Antioch and Galatia churches and converted many to Jesus. Who was he?
- The first Christian community was found at a place called?
- Who among the following was not a teacher or a prophet in the first Christian community?
- Manaen
- Lucias
- Barnabas
- Zaccheus
- Christian communities in Kenya are involved in many activities
- They share the love of Jesus Christ by
- They build schools, churches, hospitals, homes for the aged and orphans and disabled.
- They visit and comfort the sick and those with HIV AIDS
- They preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- They visit prisoners.
- Jesus taught his disciples that they should:-
- Feed the hungry
- Give a drink to the thirsty
- Clothe the naked.
- Welcome strangers.
- Visit the sick
- Jesus taught that those who do good work will inherit the kingdom of God.
Quiz
- Name for activities carried out by the Christian community
- Jesus said “ I was _________ and you did not give me food”
- “ I was thirsty and you did not give me _________ ”
- Jesus was taken up to heaven Mt. Olives IN Bethany.
- He promised his disciples a helper who was the Holy Spirit.
- The disciple received the holy spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- Peter preached and 3000 people became Christians.
- The early church began in Jerusalem after the disciple received the holy spirit.
- The believers lived together as a family. They also :-
- Prayed and worshiped together.
- Read the word of God together.
- Shared meals together.
- Sold what they had and shared the money according to their needs.
- The number of Christians increased every day
- Prophet Agabus predicted about a serious famine that would affect the whole world
- We should follow the example of Jesus Christ by sharing what we have.
Quiz
- Jesus was taken up to heaven on Mt. _________
- Name for activities that the early church did together.
- The disciple received the holy spirirt on the day of _________
- Prophet _________ predicted about a serious famine that would affect the whole word.
- A sacred place is a holy place
- A church is a community of believers
- There are different sacred places for different religious traditions for example :-
- Christian – church
- Muslim- mosque
- Hindu – temple
- Jews – synagogue /temple
- Jesus was angry with the people who were selling and buying in the temple.
- He was angry that the people did not respect the house of God.
- He taught the people that the temple is a place of prayer for all nations.
- A church is a community of believers.
- Christians meet and worship in a church.
- Worship can be led by a pastor or a priest
- Christian use different names to describe a church
- A chapel
- Cathedral
- School halls, cinema halls, open air and stadiums.
- Christians sacred places should be approached I honor and respect.
- In Traditional African Communities prayers were held at:-
- Under trees
- In caves
- Facing the son
- Facing the mountain.
- We should respect the house of God.
Quiz
- A _________ is a community of believers.
- Name three places that Christians worship God.
- In African traditional society, prayers were done in places like?
- A _________ is found in school and colleges
a. Cave
b. Church
c. Chapel
d. SDA