APPENDIX

PATTERNS OF EVANGELISM
IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

PETER

Ch.2:6 Preaching to crowds in the city
3,000 converted

Ch.3:11 Preaching to crowds round Solomon's
Portico in the Temple precincts
5,000 converted

Ch.5:12 Church meetings in the Temple precincts
(People coming from far and wide)

STEPHEN/PHILIP

Ch.6;12-7:60 Before the Sanhedrin
None!

Ch.8:1-25 City of Samaria
Almost the whole city

PETER/JOHN/PHILIP

Ch.8:26-39 The Ethiopian official on the Gaza Road
Baptised

Ch.8:40 Coastal cities

PAUL

Ch.9:20 Synagogues in Damascus⁶⁶
Jews confounded
and “Jesus really is the Christ!”

BARNABAS First Journey

Ch.11:26 Church ministry for one year

Ch.22:29-30 Welfare

Ch.13:1-2 Sent out

Ch.13:5 Salamis
(Synagogue)⁶⁷

Ch.13:14 Pisidian Antioch
(Synagogue)⁶⁸

Ch.13:44
(Whole city)

Ch.13:49
(Whole region)

Ch.14:1 Iconium
(Synagogue)⁶⁹

Ch.14:6 Derbe/Lystra
(City gates, v. 13)

Ch.14:22-28 Follow-up

PAUL/SILAS Second Journey

Ch.15:40-41 Follow-up

Ch.16:1-6 Recruits TIMOTHY

Ch.16:10 Philippi
(Prayer site by river)
Lydia converted
Personal evangelism

Ch.17:1-2 Thessaloniki
(Synagogue)⁷⁰
Many Gentiles

Ch.17:10 Berea (Veria)
(Synagogue)⁷¹
Many believe

Ch.17:16 Athens
(Synagogue)⁷²

Ch.17:17
(Daily in the Agora (market))

Ch.17:19-22
(Areopagus area and Mars Hill rock)

Ch.18:4 Corinth
(Synagogue)⁷³

Ch.18:7
(Justus' house)
Crispin converted
and many Corinthians

Ch.18:19 Ephesus
(Synagogue)⁷⁴

Ch.18:23
(Follow-up)
Twelve men
(Apollos' mission) cf. Ch.19:7

Third Journey

Ch.19 Ephesus (Synagogue)⁷⁵

Ch.19:9-10 (Hall of Tyrannus)
Daily for 2 years

Ch.19:11 (Miracles)

Ch.20 (Follow-up)

The book of ACTS concludes with the story of Paul's arrest and his journey to ROME. He speaks to Rulers and holds meetings in his own house (under house arrest) in Rome for 2 years. The book is a highly selective summary of a great many events taking place over many years.