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What Jesus Started

What Jesus Started

The World-Changing Power of the Local Church

Be reinvigorated by the power of the gospel through compelling stories of God’s ongoing work through his people around the world.

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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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Contents

  • PART 1: What Jesus Started

    Chapter 1: Whispers from the East

    Chapter 2: Fishbowls and First-Century Faith

    Chapter 3: Not a Religion

    Chapter 4: The Church That Jesus Started

    Chapter 5: The Community That Helps the Desperate

    Chapter 6: The Ultimate Half-Time Guy

    Chapter 7: The Electric Church

    Chapter 8: Minarets or Crosses? The Church That Advances

    Chapter 9: The Generous Church and Strawberries in the Desert

    Chapter 10: The Antioch Church

    Chapter 11: The Church That Is Out on the Streets with the People

    Chapter 12: The Church That Sows Seed in Hard Soil

    Chapter 13: The Community of Reconciliation

    Chapter 14: The Church That Comforts the Afflicted

    Chapter 15: The Church That Does Good While Weary

    Chapter 16: The Countercultural Church

    Chapter 17: The Bloodied Church, Unbroken

    PART 2: What About Us?

    Chapter 18: Idols in the West

    Chapter 19: Comfortable or Comforted?

    Chapter 20: Control or Trust?

    Chapter 21: Inconvenient Christianity

    Chapter 22: Go to Church!

    Chapter 23: The End of the Story

Specification

Contributors Ellen Vaughn
ISBN 9781802544442
Format Hardback
First published September 2026
Dimensions 5.3" x 8.5" x 0.6"
Weight 9.17 oz
Language English
Pages 208
Publisher The Good Book Company
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