Becoming the Church, Claude R. Alexander Jr.
Becoming the Church, Claude R. Alexander Jr.
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Becoming the Church
God's People in Purpose and Power

Author: Claude R. Alexander Jr.

Narrator: Claude R. Alexander Jr.

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/20/2022


Synopsis

Many today have given up on church. But God has not and does not give up on the church. The church is God's idea. And once we truly understand what God has in mind for his people, we can become who he wants us to be.

Bishop Claude Alexander shows how the original Christians did not always understand what the church was supposed to be, but God worked in them anyway to become the community that he intended. After the resurrection of Jesus, his followers were transformed from disillusion and doubt to become a people of conviction and new life. The book of Acts describes the unfolding purposes, principles, and practices discovered by the apostles as they gave themselves to Christ's call. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we too can be transformed by Jesus and model to the world what it means to know him—as the church.

About Claude R. Alexander Jr.

Bishop Claude R. Alexander Jr. is senior pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He serves on the board of Christianity Today, Mission America Coalition, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and Movement.org. He is the chair of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's board of trustees and a past president of the Hampton University Ministers Conference. He and his wife, Kimberly, have two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on December 27, 2022

Summary: Studies of the first six chapters of Acts revealing the purposes, practices, and principles that led to the transformation of a loose group of individuals into the church. Bishop Claude Alexander loves the church. This doesn’t mean he is blind to the ways its people and institutions fall sho......more

Goodreads review by Kim on January 29, 2023

Bishop Alexander unpacks the first 6 chapters of the book of Acts and tells the story of the birth of the church. The first 4 chapters are an imaginative retelling from a first-person perspective of Thomas, Peter, Matthew, and Luke. It's clear that Bishop Alexander sees flaws in the church from the......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on March 20, 2024

I would give this book to many - the love for Jesus and for the church shines through......more