the WAY: What First Followers of Jesus Believed & Practiced

What did it mean to follow Jesus before Christianity had denominations?Before Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and the many other Christian traditions we know today, there was a community of believers centered on one person: Jesus Christ.The book of Acts sometimes describes this early movement simply as "the Way."In The Way: What the First Followers of Jesus Believed & Practiced, Adam Phelps takes readers back to the world of Jesus, the apostles, and the earliest Christian communities to discover what their faith actually looked like.Written in simple, easy-to-understand language and grounded in the New Testament, this book explores: - The Jewish roots of the earliest Church - Why the first Christians proclaimed Jesus as Lord - Repentance, faith, and baptism - The work of the Holy Spirit - The apostles' teaching - Fellowship and caring for one another - Breaking bread and prayer - Love, holiness, forgiveness, and obedience - Sharing the Gospel - Resurrection and the return of JesusThis is not an argument for another denomination. It is an invitation to go back to the beginning and ask a much simpler question: What did the first followers of Jesus believe-and what would it look like to follow the Way today?