Churches Established By A.D.48

Church History:
Attalia – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 14:25
This was a seaport in Pamphylia, at the mouth of the river Catarrhactes, visited by Paul and Barnabas on their way from Perga to Antioch. There is still a village there of a similar name, with extensive ruins in the vicinity.10

Derbe – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 14:20
Derbe is a small town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, to which Paul and Barnabas fled from Lystra, A. D. 41. It lay at the foot of the Taurus mountains on the north, sixteen or twenty miles east of Lystra. The two missionaries gained many disciples here, and among them perhaps Gaius, who afterwards labored with Paul, Acts 20:4.10

Iconium – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 13:51
A large and opulent city of Asia Minor now called Konieh. The provinces of Asia Minor varied so much at different times that Iconium is assigned by different writers to Phrygia, to Lycaonia, and to Pisidia. Christianity was introduced here by Paul, A. D. 45. But he was obliged to flee for his life for a persecution excited by unbelieving Jews, Acts 13:51; 14:1-6. They pursued him to Lystra, where he was nearly killed, but afterwards, A. D. 51, he revisited Iconium, Acts 14:19-21; 2Timothy 3:11. The church continued in being here for eight centuries, but under the Mohammedan rule was almost extinguished. At present, Konieh is the capital of Caramania. It is situated in a beautiful and fertile country, 260 miles southeast of Constantinople, and 120 from the Mediterranean. It is very large, and its walls are supported by 108 square towers, forty paces distant from each other. The inhabitants, 40,000 in number, are Turks, Armenians, Greeks, and Jews.10

Lystra– Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 14:6
This is a city of Lycaonia, near Derbe and Iconium, and the native place of Timothy. Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel here; and having healed a cripple, were almost worshipped. Soon after, however, Paul was stoned there, Acts 14:6,21; 16:1; 2Timothy 3:11. It is now a small place called Latik.10

Perga – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 13:13
Perga is a city of Pamphylia, Acts 13:13; 14:25. This is not a maritime city, but is situated on the river Cestrus, at some distance from its mouth, which has long been obstructed by a bar. It was one of the most considerable cities in Pamphylia; and when that province was divided into two parts, this city became the metropolis of one part, and side of the other. On a neighboring mountain was a splendid temple of Diana, which gave celebrity to the city.10

Pisidian Antioch – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 13:14
A province of Asia Minor, separated from the Mediterranean by Pamphylia, lying on Mount Taurus and the high table land north of it, and running up between Phrygia and Lycaonia as far as Antioch its capital. The Pisidians, like most of the inhabitants of the Taurus range, were an unsubdued and lawless race; and Paul in preaching the gospel at Antioch and throughout Pisidia, Acts 13:14; 14:24, was in peril by robbers as well as by sudden storms and floods in the mountain passes. Churches continued to exist here for seven or eight centuries.10

Seleucia – Established during Paul’s First Missionary Journey; Acts 13:4
This is the sea-port of Antioch, near the mouth of the Orontes. Paul and his companions sailed from this port on their first missionary journey Act 13:4. This city was built by Seleucus Nicator, the "king of Syria." It is said of him that "few princes have ever lived with so great a passion for the building of cities. He is reputed to have built in all nine Seleucias, sixteen Antiochs, and six Laodiceas." Seleucia became a city of great importance, and was made a "free city" by Pompey. It is now a small village, called el-Kalusi.