Acts 5:12-16
12At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's portico.
13But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the people held them in high esteem.
14And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,
15to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.
16Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
Ananias and Sapphira were killed when they attempted to withhold proceeds from the communal church. It is not overly surprising that nobody else wanted to join the communal church. Even so, Christ's Church continued to grow. In fact, this might be the first denominational split in Christian history. We see that many others were added to their number even thought they wouldn't associate with them in the communal church.
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