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? Read more