In this book we are invited to travel

back in time to the year AD 45 and to

the city of Antioch, an important

trade, commercial and cultural

centre, but also the location of the

first Gentile church to be mentioned

in the Bible.

It was here that followers of Jesus

were first called ‘Christians’.

Drawing from the book of Acts and

elsewhere in the New Testament,

William Nelson pieces together a

picture of this church and discovers

that it was one from which we have

much to learn.

Led by godly leaders who were

faithful in their teaching, and as a

praying, evangelistic, Holy Spirit-led,

united, giving, hospitable, maturing

and encouraging fellowship, the

church of Antioch provides us with a

template for church life today.