A city in Pamphylia, in southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Paul visited Perga on his first missionary journey. It was here that John Mark departed from the mission team.
Perga is significant as the place where John Mark abandoned Paul and Barnabas (Acts 13:13), a decision that later caused a sharp disagreement between the apostles (Acts 15:37-39). Yet God used even this conflict redemptively: it resulted in two missionary teams instead of one, and Mark was eventually restored (2 Timothy 4:11). God works through human failures and disagreements to accomplish more than we expect.