A Different Kind of Community | Jessica Norman | HTB Livestream

Every Friday, the, um, the postman drops off an issue of The Week, and The Week is a synopsis of the news of that week.

And last week, there was a stat in there that stood out to me.

You might be familiar with the statistic that around just under half of us in the UK tick the box that says we are Christians in the UK.

But there's another statistic that says that actually only 5% of people attend church on a weekly basis.

That's around 26 million people who say that they are Christian but don't attend church on a weekly basis.

In our passage in Acts today, we see that when people encounter Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit, they don't isolate, but they gather.

If you have a Bible, would you turn with me to Acts 2:42-47, and we are gonna read these words together.

"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship and to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.

All the believers were together and had everything in common.

They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.

They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.

And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." The first thing we see in our passage this morning is simple.