all.48 When the church prayed in response to the council’s threats in Acts 4, they asked not only for boldness on their part, but for God to tangibly demonstrate his power and presence to authenticate their proclamation (4:30). They understood the ingathering of new believers on these occasions not in terms of the success of their evangelistic efforts, but as the work of the Lord, who “added to their number daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). In analyzing Peter’s