In fact, at the time of his crucifixion and according to Christian beliefs, resurrection and ascension, the number of followers he has numbers in the low hundreds. And the actual work of spreading and creating the church falls on his disciples, in particular the ones that are referred to as apostles. When we looked at the gospels, which were the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we talk about the 12 disciples, those primary followers of Jesus. They're often referred to as the 12 apostles as well because according to Christian beliefs, between the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus, he tells the apostles, look, go spread the word. Apostle comes from Greek for the one who spreads the word. These were the first Christian missionaries. Now, first amongst these apostles is often considered Peter.