"After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left for Macedonia.  When he had gone through those regions and had given the believers much encouragement, he came to Greece, where he stayed for three months.  He was about to set sail for Syria when a plot was made against him by the Jews, and so he decided to return through Macedonia.  He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, by Aristarchus and Secundud from Thessalonica, by Gaius from Derbe, and by Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.  They went ahead and were waiting for us in Troas, but we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them in Troas, where we stayed for seven days."

There is a specific reason these names are all included in Luke's account.  It is not just a list. 

Luke is trying to help us understand what cooperation looks like.

Paul has collected people of similar gifts.  These are all church-planting missionaries.  Most likely, all similar to Paul in one way or another.  But the glorious thing about these people is that they are all from different walks of life.  This is a team, assembled by God, ready for many obstacles.  If they meat a woman who is from Asia, they have a couple of Asian language speakers.  A man from Thessalonica?  Secundud is from Thessalonica - he knows what ou experienced growing up.

This is what a team looks like.  Often, in churches today, we are less concerned with teams and more concerned with individual preachers.

Here we get a glimpse into what effective team building looks like.

So, what do you do to build a team around you?