The Restless Church

Rediscovering New Testament Christianity

“Many people are longing for a greater cause. They are no longer content with ‘church as usual.’ They read of the church in the New Testament, and their curiosity is piqued. The New Testament accounts are far removed from their experience every week. They hear contemporary stories of the church expanding rapidly in parts of China and India, and their hearts soar.” - Neil Cole

Why is the church we experience so different from the one we read about in the New Testament? Why is it that something which seems so thrilling, authentic and powerful in the pages of the Bible seems to have been rendered so dull, hypocritical and weak by our contemporary formulas? What went wrong?

In this title, we deconstruct the modern conception of church to discover that much of what we call Christianity today, is nothing like the example we were given by Jesus and the first apostles. The goal of this book is that we might rediscover that original example, and in doing so, change the world.

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