A Survey of the Acts of the Workers

How Closely do 2x2's Follow the "New Testament Christians"? Although there appear to be regional differences of opinion on various theological issues, there are key features that almost all 2x2's emphasize - that the workers go "2 by 2" as a homeless, itinerant ministry and that meeting are held privately in the home. The Book of Acts describes the activities of the new followers of Jesus as Christianity developed and spread. Let's see, from Acts, how the 2x2s match up.

Meeting in the home only?
Acts 2 - Peter's sermon at Pentecost was VERY PUBLIC, not held in a private home, or a private convention ground

Acts 2:46 "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart

Acts 3:1 "Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour

Acts 5:42 "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ"

Acts 9:20 "and straightway, he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God

Acts 13:5 preaching at the synagogues

Acts 13:14-15 went to synagogue

Acts 14:1 went to synagogue

Acts 17:1-2 Paul's custom was to preach at the synagogues

Acts 17:17 synagogue

Acts 18:4 synagogue

Acts 18:7 house joined to synagogue

Acts 19:8 synagogue

Acts 21:26 Paul enters temple

Acts 22:17 Paul prayed in temple

Do Workers Heal the Sick, Cast Out Demons, etc?
Acts 3:6 Peter cures a lame man

Acts 5:15 Peter's shadow heals

Acts 8:7 Philip cures the lame, heals the sick, delivers unclean spirits

Acts 9: 34 Peter cures Aeneas

Acts 9:40-41 Peter raises Tabitha from the dead

Acts 14:3 granted signs and wonders

Acts 14:10 Paul heals lame man at Lystra

Acts 19:11 God wrought special miracles through Paul

Acts 5:5-10 Peter issues the first anathema in dramatic fashion to Ananias and Sapphira

Is Worker Ordination Biblical?
Acts 6:6 "Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, , they laid their hands on them"

Acts 8:18 "...through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given...."

Acts 9:17 Ananias lays hands on Paul

Acts 13:3 "and when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away"

Acts 19:6 Paul laid hands on

Is Fasting a Routine 2x2 Practice Like it was in the Early Church?
Acts 10:30 fasting a common practice

Acts 13:2 fasting

Acts 14:23 fasting

Not Always 2 by 2
Acts 6:5 - more than just two sent ---- Luke usually accompanied Paul, writing Acts

Acts 13:1 - more than just two

Acts13:13 more than just two

Acts 15:22 more than two

Acts 18:18