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Lydia
, 2024
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Acts, chapter 16 tells Lydia's story. Following her baptism, she opened her household to Paul, his co-workers, and the new Christian congregation. The research literature supports the idea that Lydia acted as a benefactress of the church in line with the Roman model of patronage.She was seemingly the first Gentile convert in Europe and the first believer to open her home as a worship center for European Christians.