Discussion Questions:

1. Antioch as a “Third Way”
In Acts 11, the church in Antioch becomes a community that doesn’t fit existing social or ethnic categories—so much so that a new word “Christian” is invented.

• How does this challenge the way we think about our own identity as Christians today?
• In what ways might we still be tempted to cling to cultural categories or comfort zones rather than forming a new identity rooted first in Christ?

2. Crossing Cultural Lines
The sermon highlights how believers from Cyprus and Cyrene crossed cultural boundaries to share the gospel, and how Barnabas celebrated God’s grace at work in unexpected places.

• What cultural, generational, or social boundaries might God be inviting you (or your group/church) to cross today?
• What makes this difficult, and what might faithful courage look like?

3. A Community That Looks Like the Gospel
Both Antioch and the stories of Grace Sacramento’s formation emphasize intergenerational, multicultural community as a visible sign of the reconciling power of the gospel.

• How have you experienced reconciliation or unity across differences within Christian community?
• What practices, postures, or habits help a church embody this kind of unity?

4. Sent Into the World
Antioch becomes the first intentional missionary-sending church, demonstrating that the gospel is for “the ends of the earth.”

• Where do you sense God sending you as a witness—your workplace, neighborhood, family system, or a particular group of people?
• What might it look like this week to live as someone “sent” rather than someone “settled”?