Pastor Patrick Nyaga's Podcast

The church in Ephesus is the first of seven churches in Asia Minor to receive a spiritual evaluation directly from God through Jesus Christ.It was pronounced world famous for its large temple to the pagan goddess Diana (in the New Testament, Diana’s name is a translation of the Greek word Artemis, Acts 19:27). It was a city on the western coast of Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Cayster River.The city was also known for building the largest outdoor theater in the world, capable of containing 50,000 spectators. For many years Ephesus was the largest city in the Roman Empire next to Rome and boasted a population of more than a quarter million inhabitants.The Bible reveals that Timothy served as the pastor of the congregation in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1:1). Apostle John spent many years in Ephesus toward the end of the first century and that this is where he died and was buried.The message to the church of EphesusRevelation 2:1-7; “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in