Acts 14:21-23

After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,  strengthening the  disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith  and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships  to enter the kingdom of God.” When they had appointed elders  for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.