Women in the Church

Series: Acts - The Unstoppable Church

Category: The Church

Speaker: Jason Williams

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the role of women in the church through the example of Lydia, the first recorded Christian in Philippi. In Acts 16 we read that God opened Lydia’s heart to hear and believe the Gospel. As a woman in first-century Roman culture, it was very risky for Lydia to choose her own religion. It was also dangerous for her to live out that new religion among her family, let alone in public. Through Lydia’s courageous example, we see how God calls women to salvation and also calls them to lead their families and communities to Christ. God establishes the first church in Macedonia (Eastern Europe) in Lydia’s home and the unstoppable church continues to advance.