Servants Strengthening the Church (Acts 6:1-2)

  1. What did the Holy Spirit teach you from this passage?

  2. How does this incident remind us that every church has problems? Why does every church have problems?

  3. How can subtraction (5:1-11) lead to multiplication (6:2) in the church?

  4. What are ways something as seemingly innocuous as complaining can divide Christians in a family or church family?

  5. Though God is not a respecter of persons (Rom. 2:11; Acts 10:34) why do you think it’s easy for us to be? And how can this divide a church?

  6. Why was it important that the widows not be neglected?

  7. Why was it important that the Word not be neglected?

  8. How can you be a problem solver in your church?

  9. How can you be a peacemaker who brings a bucket of water, not gasoline, to a conflict?