"...You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea

and Sameria, and to the ends of the earth..."

Mission was very important in the early days of the church in fulfilling Jesus' final command. The key people involved in the spreading of the gospel in the early church include; Peter, Paul, Stephen, Philip, Patrick, Columbanus and Colmcille. Each had their own contribution to the concept of mission.

Peter was the leader of the early church. He was the first, after Jesus, to preach Christianity to the Jews. This is quite similar to Palladius, who was sent as the first bishop to Ireland. Peter's first role in mission was his speech at Pentecost. This speech was delivered to thousands of people from all over the Roman empire. The fact that each person could hear the speech in their own language gave way to the universality and the spread of the Christian message. This was the birth of the Christian Church. Peter's preaching was supported by signs and miracles which he attributed

"...God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever

Pentecost was the first main movement in the early Church, it meant that all men would be involved and this reflected the movement itself. It was the beginning of the Church and the first big movement of Jews becoming Christian, in all three thousand were baptised that day.

"...to those outside the law I became like one outside the law...

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