This morning's PAYG focused on the opening words of Acts 13:

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the ruler, and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

The reflection noted that the list of names is short (it chose to overlook anything about the ethnic diversity implied in the names) and wondered what the size of the fellowship there actually was.  The listener was asked to ponder who it might be, in their own church, that wold be listed as those actively involved in the work of the gospel in that context.   I found that a telling and strangely reassuring exercise - as it is now, so, seemingly, it has ever been...

I wonder what others think?