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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Fellowship in the Early Church, the JAMB Christian Religious Studies syllabus expects you to study:
- 16. Fellowship in the Early Church
- (a) Communal living (Acts 1:15-26; 2:41-47;
- 4:32-37)
- (b) Problems of communal living and solutions (Acts 5:1-11, 6:1-6)
Study notes & guidance
Study Fellowship in the Early Church using a recommended Christian Religious Studies textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Christian Religious Studies, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Fellowship in the Early Church, you should be able to:
- (i) identify the reasons for communal living in the Early Church; (ii) identify the problems of communal living and their solutions; (iii) examine how communal living helped the growth of the Early Church.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Christian Religious Studies syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.