Pauline missions and early letters
About this date: A decade-wide marker, not a single event.
Missionary journeys establish communities around the eastern Mediterranean; the earliest surviving apostolic letters address their worship and life.
People
- Paul
- Barnabas
- Silas
- Timothy
- Priscilla
- Aquila
Scripture
- Acts 13–20 — Acts follows Paul and coworkers through mission journeys, community disputes, and teaching in several cities.
- 1 Thessalonians 1 — Paul thanks God for the Thessalonians' reception of the message and their turning from idols.
- 1 Corinthians 11 — Paul addresses Corinthian worship, including the Lord's Supper and the community's conduct at it.