St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

No matter how we try to idealize the church, it is still flawed to the core, an imperfect image of the life and ministry of our Savior. And yet, for some reason, God has chosen to spread his glory to the ends of the earth through local communities who faultily and faithfully seek to be his presence in the world. The book of Acts is compelling as we see the birth pangs of the new community Jesus left on earth. Remember, in Acts we are seeing the genesis of a movement that will subvert the very empire that seeks to eradicate it. Beset by troubles from the outside and also within, the church we see in Acts 6 is hit by yet another attack that seeks to derail it from its mission to be a light to the world—mission drift, I suppose is the term we would use today. The Apostles see a problem that, even given their super-sized gifting, they can’t solve on their own. This week we look at a church fully alive—the ministry is spreading, even the least likely persons for conversion are believing the gospel, and yet folk a