Stop 1 · First Journey · Syria
Antioch
The sending church. Bread ovens, dye vats, and a congregation of Jews and Greeks eating at the same table.
Read about it: Acts 13 · Acts 11
Map of Paul’s missionary journeys
Paul travelled the Roman world three times over, and then to Rome itself as a prisoner. These twelve cities mark the road, from the sending church in Antioch to a rented house in Rome. Each one is a stop you can walk through in the story game.
The twelve cities
Stop 2 · First Journey · The island of Barnabas
Cyprus
Copper mines, olive groves, and a Roman governor curious enough to listen.
Read about it: Acts 13 · Acts 13
Stop 3 · First Journey · Galatia
Lystra
A country town of shrines and superstition, where a crowd can turn in an hour.
Read about it: Acts 14 · Acts 14, 2 Timothy 1
Stop 4 · Second Journey · Macedonia
Philippi
A Roman colony by a river, home to a purple merchant, a slave girl, and a jailer.
Read about it: Acts 16 · Acts 16
Stop 5 · Second Journey · Macedonia
Thessalonica
A busy port city where a young church is left behind under pressure.
Read about it: 1 Thessalonians 2 · 2 Thessalonians 3
Stop 6 · Second Journey · Achaia
Athens
Marble philosophers, endless debate, and an altar to a god nobody can name.
Read about it: Acts 17 · Acts 17-18
Stop 7 · Second Journey · Achaia
Corinth
A rough, rich port city, and the most difficult church Paul ever loved.
Read about it: 1 Corinthians 11 · 1 Corinthians 9; Acts 18
Stop 8 · Third Journey · Asia
Ephesus
The temple of Artemis, a silversmiths' guild, and two years of daily teaching.
Read about it: Acts 19 · Acts 19
Stop 9 · Third Journey · Asia
Miletus
A harbour farewell with the elders of Ephesus, who will not see Paul again.
Read about it: Acts 20 · 2 Timothy 4
Stop 10 · The Collection · Judea
Jerusalem
The end of a years-long fundraising journey for the poor of the mother church.
Read about it: 2 Corinthians 8-9; Romans 15 · Acts 21-22
Stop 11 · Voyage to Rome · The shipwreck
Malta
Fourteen nights of storm, a broken ship, and an island of strangers lighting a fire.
Read about it: Acts 27 · Acts 28
Stop 12 · Voyage to Rome · The capital
Rome
A rented house, a chain, a soldier, and letters that outlast the empire.
Read about it: Philemon · Philippians 1; Acts 28