Paul the Apostle | The First Journey
In 47 A.D., thirteen years after his dramatic conversion, the former persecutor Saul of Tarsus stepped onto a ship in Seleucia with Barnabas and young John Mark. What followed was a 1,400-mile journey across Cyprus and the rugged roads of Galatia that permanently opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. From the conversion of a Roman governor to a near-fatal stoning and the birth of the first churches in Asia Minor, this pioneering expedition reveals how courage, strategy, resilience, and an uncompromising commitment to the gospel of grace can change history. Today we draw enduring lessons from Paul’s first great adventure.
Paul’s first missionary journey (ca. 47–48 A.D.) was the ground-breaking 1,400-mile expedition that took the gospel from Antioch in Syria across Cyprus and into the heart of Galatia.
Sent out by the Holy Spirit with Barnabas and John Mark, Paul moved from relative obscurity into leadership, confronted spiritual opposition, endured stoning, and opened the door of faith to the Gentiles— forever changing the course of the church.
