Beyond the love we are to have for each other, those we already recognize as being “in the faith” God is working in others as well.
The first disciples didn’t seem to have “program” or a “plan” for church growth. Reading these first stories carefully we find men and women who simply follow God’s lead, seeking out the Spirit. They weren’t building a church, they were building other disciples. What would it look like for us to follow the Spirit in the same way.