SPECIAL TOPIC: LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

The early church adopted the procedure of letters of recommendation to assure the orthodoxy and trustworthiness of itinerant ministers.

delegation from Jerusalem to Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia ‒ Acts 15:22,25-27
Paul ‒ Acts 18:27
Phoebe ‒ Rom. 16:1
Timothy ‒ 1 Cor. 16:10-11; Phil. 2:19-24
the household of Stephanas ‒ 1 Cor. 16:15-18
persons taking the collection from the Gentile churches to the mother church in Jerusalem ‒ 2 Cor. 8:16-24
Tychicus ‒ Eph. 6:21-22
Epaphroditus ‒ Phil 2:25-29
Philemon ‒ the book of Philemon
Demetrius ‒ 3 John v. 12