Interestingly, the followers of Jesus Christ were not called “Christians” until ten to fifteen years after the church began. Before that time, they were known simply as disciples, brothers, believers, saints, and followers of the Way (a title derived from Christ’s reference to Himself, in John 14:6, as “the way, the truth, and the life” [NKJV]). According to Acts 11:26, it was in Antioch of Syria that “the disciples were first called Christians” and since that time the label has stuck.
