Churches of the New Testament Trivia Quiz

Answer: They needed to wake up

Revelation 3:1 says that the church in Sardis had a reputation of being alive, but they were dead and needed to wake up. The church in Ephesus had forsaken their first love, the church in Thyatira was following the ways of Jezebel and the church in Laodicea was lukewarm.

Contributed by J-Zilch.

Answer: Lydia, a seller of purple

Lydia, a businesswoman from Thyatira, was near Philippi when she encountered Paul, Silas, Luke, and possibly other Christians at a riverbank outside the city. This occurred on a sabbath day, in a place where prayers were often made, and Lydia became a convert to the gospel. She and her household accepted the words that were being taught by Paul, and even though she worshipped God, she had "her heart opened" to the Lord as she listened to Paul's message. She invited the people to her house to pray, shortly afterward, but Paul and Silas wound up in prison for healing someone instead.
The Philippian jailer seems to be the next person in Europe to be converted to Christianity. For more information, read the entire 16th chapter of the book of Acts.
(Contributed by logcrawler)

Answer: Colosse

The correct answer is Colosse. Christians today know the city as the home of the Colossian church. The church at that time met in the home of Philemon. One church member mentioned in the letter is Archippus, who is also mentioned in Colossians 4:17 in the NIV.

(Submitted by Cowrofl.)

Answer: Philadelphia

"To the presiding spirit of the church of Philadelphia...I will keep you safe in the time of trial which is coming on the whole world, to test all men on earth." (Revelation 3:7,10)

In Greek, Philadelphia means "the city of brotherly love".

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was named by William Penn, a Quaker known for his humble Christian faith. I am quite sure that William Penn named his beloved city after the city spoken to in the third chapter of Revelation. The names of the other modern cities listed did not appear in this section of Revelation.

I wonder if the ancient city of Philadelphia had cheese steaks?
(Contributed by star_gazer)

Answer: Antioch

In Acts 11:25-26 (New King James), Barnabas and Saul (Paul)spent a year at Antioch teaching.

Acts 11:25-26 reads, "Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul.
And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch."

(Contributed by Spice2)

Answer: Timotheus (Timothy)

While each of these men traveled with Paul on his missionary journeys at various times, it was Timotheus (Timothy), the young protege of Paul, that he sent specifically after he himself had left due to an uproar in Berea. From there Paul, Silas and Timothy had met up in Athens, and it was at this juncture that Paul had sent Timothy back to Thessalonica.

Later still, Paul and company met up together again, this time at Corinth. The first letter to the church at Thessalonica was written due to this meeting and the good things that Timothy reported about them to Paul.

(Question by logcrawler)

Answer: Corinth

In 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, we find that Paul had heard of divisions and problems when the church gathered together to participate of the Lord's Supper. For this reason, Paul wrote to the church of Corinth teaching how the Lord's Supper was instituted, the reason why Jesus instituted it, how each person had to prepare themselves to be able to participate of the Communion, and the results if they failed to follow the instructions.

(Question by Clav411)

Answer: James the brother of John

Acts 12:1,2 recorded the death of James, one of the twelve, in the following verses: "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword."
Though Stephen was stoned prior to this account, he was not one of the original twelve apostles.

(Submitted by dean521)

Answer: Thyatira

In Revelation 2:20 (NIV), the Son of God tells the church of Thyatira, "I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols."

(Question by Donna39)

Answer: Ephesus

The armour of God can be found in Ephesians 6:10-18. The armour is made up of "the belt of truth", "the breastplate of righteousness", the shoes of "the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace", "the shield of faith", "the helmet of salvation" and "the sword of the Spirit".

(Question by lg549)