Risen Church Nc

Luke set out to document and preserve the story behind a brand new movement that had taken his world by storm. In his first volume, he writes about a Jewish carpenter who's life and message intersected with both the Jewish and Roman worlds. He tells us how every detail of Jesus' story points to something bigger and beyond anyone's expectations. Perhaps what's most remarkable, defying even the belief of Jesus' own followers, the story doesn't end with Jesus' death. Reports of His resurrection swept the town, country, and soon after, the world. Acts tells of this story - How the Jesus movement launched after many thought it was dead. In Acts we learn about the gathering of people which Jesus had galvanized and commissioned to be evangelists, and how they would go on to build a movement that thrives all of these years later. In this first installment of "The Church", we learn the basic keys to success that catapulted the Jesus movement into the pages of history. We also find that these same ideals remain e