Retracing Paul’s journeys

THE TRAC BOARD OF SENIORS MINISTRY’S BIBLICAL TOUR to Turkey from Oct 11 to 23, 2010 saw 38 Seniors and a few younger participants retracing the missionary journeys of Paul from Antioch, then in Syria and now Antakya.

From there, the group moved to Paul’s birthplace in Tarsus and then to Lystra, Iconium, Pisidian Antioch, Colossae and on to the Agean region, visiting six of the seven cities of the Book of Revelation, i.e. Laodicea, Philadelphia, Sardis, Ephesus, Smyrna and Pergamum.

It was an exciting and enriching experience to see the ruins, or just an unexcavated mound or a Roman street bearing marks of early Christian history. These very places where the apostles and disciples had trodden gave connection to our Christian heritage and reminded us of those who had given their lives to Christ in spite of persecution. One could almost sense their devotion flowing through this land