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What Jesus Started: The World-Changing Power of the Local Church

by Ellen Vaughn

Stories of faith across the global church

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Stories of faith across the global church

Ellen Vaughn brings together accounts of Christian life in different places, including a former would-be suicide bomber who becomes a pastor in Turkey, Christians serving neighbors in war-weary Ukraine, and a Rwandan pastor who forgives the man who killed his family. These stories frame the book’s exploration of the church from the book of Acts to the present day, with attention to how faith is lived out in communities and individual lives. The closing invitation turns that wide-angle view toward the reader’s own church, asking how its members might serve within their local community. The book combines international personal stories with reflection on the gospel and the role of the church.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Christians interested in stories of faith and service from around the world
  • Readers seeking reflection on the gospel and the role of local churches
  • Church communities considering their place in their neighborhoods

Themes

Global ChristianityGospel and personal transformationForgivenessLocal church and community service

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Book overview

Reignite your faith in the power of the gospel through remarkable stories of God's work in the global church. Discover how the church that Jesus started over 2,000 years ago continues today: around the world, in your church and in your life!

Join bestselling storyteller Ellen Vaughn on a global journey to uncover compelling accounts of the gospel's power in everyday life. You'll be reinvigorated as you see, with fresh eyes, God's present work in the world through his people.

Vaughn invites you into the stories of a former would-be suicide bomber who now pastors in Turkey, Christians in war-weary Ukraine bringing hope to their neighbors, a Rwandan pastor who forgave the man who killed his family, and many more.

As you encounter each story, you will...

  • Be re-energized by the power of the gospel to transform lives
  • Marvel at the work of the Spirit in the church from the book of Acts to the present day
  • Experience renewed excitement for your local community as you ask God who he would have you be and what he would have you do in your church

Through this powerful book, ordinary brothers and sisters in Christ from the East and Global South refresh and remind you of what is true and good about the gospel and God's people.

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