Fellowship in the early Church II

Christian Religious Studies JSS3 First Term

Sub-theme: Fellowship in the Church

Week 5

Fellowship in the early Church II

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Discuss how the church dealt with cases of lying and murmuring.

2. Mention the desired quality of a deacon.

3. Describe how Christians dealt with cases of lying and murmuring today.

Content

Murmuring in the early church (Acts 6:1-2)

To murmur is to grumble, to show discontent. It is also to whisper in low tones to express displeasure; especially when a group of people realize that things are not being done the right way or they are being discriminated against.

There was discrimination among members of the early church. This came about during…