Thessalonica: A Model for Others to Follow

This is the earliest book that we have written in the entire New Testament. If our church is going to realize its potential, it needs to learn from this book. This is the only book where Paul mentions that this church is a model. So as he's looking across all of these little startup communities following Jesus in the first century, he looks at this little beat up crew in Thessalonica and says whatever they're up to, replicate it in your context. They're a model to follow.