They devoted themselves

what churches in the 21st century can learn from the church in the 1st century

kyle bueermann

You have probably been there: you open up your email inbox and find a half dozen emails on the latest and greatest ministry strategies. The ideas seem plausible, so which one do you choose? Is there some secret to ministry out there?

What if the key to faithful ministry is not found in a new strategy, but instead a very old one? What if the key to ministry effectiveness is not found in cracking a secret ministry code, but in doing what local churches have done for the past 2,000 years? What if the secret is not really a secret at all?

In They Devoted Themselves, Kyle Bueermann, co-author of Replanting Rural Churches, explores Acts 2:42-47, and examines six key elements that characterized the early church. Devotion to those elements led to the spread of the gospel throughout the known world and is instructive for local churches seeking to do the same today.