The Thessalonian church was a healthy chuch. ... you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the Word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. ( Thessalonians 1:7-8) Moreover, it was healthy a short time before being planted. How did this happen? What were the key elements that went...