We know nothing with certainty about the origins or development of the church of Jesus Christ in Sardis. Luke’s observation that “all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks” during the time when Paul laboured in Ephesus suggests that this church came into being shortly after the year 50.
1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.