An Angel said to Philip, go to the Gaza road. So he did just that.
On the way he met an Ethiopian man, who looked important and wealthy. The man was on his way home from worshiping at the Temple in Jerusalem. He was reading the Scriptures from the book of Isaiah.
Philip heard what the Ethiopian was reading, because the man, thinking no one else was listening, was reading aloud.
“Do you understand what you’re reading?” asked Philip. And soon the men were talking about Jesus and everything that had happened in Jerusalem.
As they continued along the road, they passed a small stream. The Ethiopian turned to Philip, “listen, why don’t I just get baptised right now?” he said.
Philip paused and began to feel flustered. At last he replied apologetically, “sadly I can’t do that. I’ve not done the proper training. I was only ordained to catering.”
The Ethiopian continued on his way disillusioned with early church structures.
The Foolishness of Preaching 