Paul and Silas visited Thessalonica on Paul’s 2nd missionary trip, spending only about three weeks there… during which some Jews and a greater number of Gentiles were converted and a church was planted (see; Acts 17:1-11). The Second Coming is a major theological issue in both letters. The theme for both letters is the sanctification of the believer, or living in the light of Christ’s 2nd coming.
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Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
