Ephesus was an important center for early Christianity. From 52-54 AD Paul lived in Ephesus working with a congregation and organized missionary activities. He wrote the letter 1 Corinthians here and several years later wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians…

We left Istanbul and took a one hour flight to Izmir, a fairly large town on the west coast of Turkey. From there we drove another hour to Cesme a popular summer resort town on the Aegean Sea.  It is…