The Church: First Thirty Years, Exposition of Acts, ISBN 9780985618179, 343 pages
This study from the book of Acts will challenge the church to become more like a church. It will challenge the church to fulfill its purpose, mission, and ministry. The purpose of the church is to worship God personally and collectively with God’s children. The ministry of the church is to prepare the saints (the people of God) to understand the purpose and engage in the mission of the church. The book of Acts will reveal the God of church growth. The church will be challenged to abandon the god of the church growth movement. The god of the church growth movement is modernity and all her children. I devoted the last chapter (46) to the god of the church growth movement. Rather than being clouded with confusion, Christians must remember the mission of the church is to make disciples and teach the whole counsel of God.
