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The Right Church

Live Like the First Christians

by Charles E. Gutenson

In Charles Gutenson's new book, "The Right Church", featured in the Patheos Book Club, the early Christian church dealt with societal issues like poverty and wealth in a way that honored diversity, scripture formation, and God. | read more»

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About the Book and Author

Charles Gutenson challenges Christians to reconsider their faith by examining Christ's earliest followers, a diverse community of believers who overcame conflicting opinions to address issues like poverty and war. | read more »

Book Excerpt: Read Chapter One

Taking a look at the writings of the early church can reveal how often our contemporary faith communities overlook the deep and wide riches that constitute the broader Christian tradition. | read more »

What People Are Saying

Read what Brian McLaren and others are saying about the book's challenge to learn from the wisdom of Jesus' earliest followers. | read more »

How To Live Like the First Christians

The question that lies beneath all of my inquiry is this: how did the early Church understand the nature of faithful discipleship? And, then, how should that impact and influence how we live today? | read more »

Chuck Gutenson's Blog

Read more from author Chuck Gutenson at his blog at Sojourner's. | read more »

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I affirm that the right to exercise our freedom of choice is an important and good thing, yet I also have to ask whether or not this particular sense of freedom has the highest priority within the biblical narrative. | read more »

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