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Resident But Alien: How the Early Church Grew

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The early church was growing rapidly. For three hundred years, despite discrimination and persecution, people took the risky step of being baptized and entering into the life of an exciting but despised religious minority. What was it that attracted people to become Christians? How did the Christians share their message with others? How did worship make Christianity attractive? Did the emergence of emperor Constantine I in the early fourth century change things?

In six half-hour presentations, Professor Alan Kreider works with students to answer these questions. Together, without reherasal, they look at visuals of the early Christian life and read the writings of early Christians. In effect, they have a conversation with the early Christians, gaining relevant clues about the ways Christians can live and share the Good News today.

Participants from five countries / Fifty photos of early Christian art / Thirty writings by early Christians

Study guide with discussion questions

Chapter 1. Odd but intriguing

Chapter 2. Spiritual power and life-giving deviance

Chapter 3. Living and talking

Chapter 4. Becoming a Christian

Chapter 5. Worship shapes witness

Chapter 6. Losing vision - and regaining it

Alan Kreider(Ph.D., Harvard) is a teacher, scholar and missionary who studies the early church as a resource for discipleship and mission. He is Professor of Church History and Mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana.

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1684	on loan until 2012-02-24	-	C 200 Resident

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Type	DVD	Publisher	Great Commission Distribution
Language	English	Year	2009
Length	Six half-hour minute sessions	Call ID	C 200 Resident

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