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Stephen was a Christian whose story is told in the The [[Book of ActsBible]]. He was stoned to death because of accusations of blasphemy, described says God created people in [[Acts 7]]. The [[apostle Paul]] (Saul) was present at Stephen's deathhis image, giving approval to itlove him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Following Yet instead of turning his deathback on us, God became a man, which probably occurred some time around [[33 ADJesus]], who most scholars believe was born about the Jews year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of the early church became dispersed love throughout Judea, Samaria [[Palestine]] but public opinion turned against him and their Diaspora homelands, taking the gospel with themhe was executed as a young man.
{{rightbox | text='''He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with [[Archives of Featured ContentGod]]}}becomes restored and we will live forever with God.''' <noinclude>Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of rule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with [[Category:TemplateJesus Christ|FeaturedcontentJesus]]</noinclude>.
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[[Image:StephenBeingStoned.jpg|thumb|An artists impression of Stephen being murdered - paradoxically this was a key event Christianity]] is about [[God]] reaching out his hand in leading friendship to the dispersal of Christianity throughout the Roman Empiremankind.[[Christians]]<h3>'''believe that the whole world and everything in it was created by [[Stephen God]]. God is a personal being, a living God who is three, yet one: Father, Son and Spirit, just as we human beings have body, mind and soul! (Acts)|Stephensee the [[Trinity]]'''</h3>).
