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Together for the World: The Book of Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

First-century Christians asked many of the same questions we ask today: Where does the church of Jesus Christ stand in the world? Where does the church fit in such a religiously diverse society? How should Christians respond to marginalization, ridicule, and insult? In Together with the World, Michael Wagenman reminds us that the book of Acts is about more than just the beginning of church...

In many places in the world today, faith is assumed to be a private matter. It’s considered personal and, therefore, not intended for expression in the public realm. I experience this regularly as a chaplain on a public university campus; most students and staff assume religious, faith-based, or spiritual activities have no part in the academic mandate of the university. Most expect faith in general—and Christianity in particular—to remain in the parking lot when
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