significant that as Dr. Luke summarized Paul’s church planting efforts on his first missionary journey (Acts 14:21–23), he makes the statement (v. 22) “through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.” As a missionary church planter, Paul encountered spiritual warfare in every place be traveled. Missionaries today should not expect any less spiritual conflict and warfare than that which is described in the NT. Satan, his minions, wicked people, and corrupted cultural systems will all resist,