Like Field Mice

How do we describe early church growth? Like field mice. Jesus said in Acts 1:8: "You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem; in all Judea and Samaria; and to the ends of the earth." The book of Acts records what happened.

See Acts 2:41,47; 4:4; 6:7; 9:31; 11:21,24; 12:24; 13:49; 14:1,21; 16:5; 17:4,12,34; 18:8; 19:18-20. These verses are filled with amazing descriptions. "Three thousand were added to their number that day" . . . "the number of men grew to about five thousand" . . . "the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly" . . . "a large number of the priests became obedient to the faith" . . . the church "grew in numbers" . . . "a great number of people believed in the Lord" . . . "the word of God continued to increase and spread" . . . "the word of the Lord spread throughout the whole region" . . . "a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed" . . . they "won a large number of disciples" . . . the churches "grew daily in numbers" . . . "a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women" . . . "Many of the Jews believed as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men" . . . "a few men . . . believed" . . . "many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized" . . . "the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power." 

The early church multiplied--like field mice! Next time, I'll share some thoughts on why the writer of Acts, Luke, thought this was important for us to know. Any thoughts?