What if the Church was never meant to stay frozen in time—nor blown around by it?
The Original Church cuts through the noise of tradition versus trend to rediscover what Jesus actually intended when he said, "On this rock I will build my Church." The earliest Christians weren't stuck in the past, nor were they chasing relevance—they were rooted, growing, and guided by a clear purpose.
This book explores how the Church can develop without drifting, grow without losing its core, and how every believer can live with conviction in a world that keeps shifting.
The Christian faith is a compass, not a weathervane.
Jim Papandrea is Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He hosts "The Original Church," an online ecumenical community of readers interested in early Christian history. He also hosts "The Way of the Fathers," a very popular podcast on Catholic Culture's platform. He is a speaker much in demand, and he leads regular pilgrimages to Rome. In academic circles, he is counted among the foremost experts on Christian Rome in the third century. He is the author of many books, and has a strong following among both Protestants and Catholics. He is a convert to the Catholic faith.
| SKU/ISBN | 9781594175732 |
| Product Number | 75732 |
| Size | 5x8 |
| Format | |
| Pages | 152 |
