Five different types of churches 1. Seven Churches of John’s days 2. Seven different Churches 3. Seven types of people in a church 4. Seven types of experience in a believer 5. Seven church periods FIVE THINGS TO NOTE 1. Address 2. Appreciation 3. Comments 4. Instruction 5. Promises 1. The church at Ephesus (2.1-7) /Ephesus/ Desirable, Beloved AD 30-100 The Apostlic Church Love-lost church 2. The church at Smyrna (2.8-11) /Smyrna/ myrrh, bitterness The martyr Church AD 100-313 Languishing Church 3. The church at Pergamos (2.12-17) /pergamos/ marriage, amalgamation The compromising Church AD 313-598 Licentious Church 4. The church at Thyathira (2.18-29) /Thyathira/ Continual Sacrifice The Roman Catholic Church AD 590- Label Church 5. The church at Sardis (3.1-6) /Sardis/ reformation, remanant The reformation church AD 1517- Lifeless Church 6. The church at Philadelphia (3.7-13) /Philadelphia/ brotherly love The missionary church AD 1700 Labouring church 7. The church Laodecia (3.14-22) /Laodecia/ people’s rights, rules The people oriented Church AD 1900 Lukewarm Church Carmel Ministries (https://carmelministries.in/)