Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Welcome! Thanks for joining me on the journey.
The book of Acts has long been one of my favorite books of the Bible. I became even more interested in it while I was a studying for my MDiv at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. I caught a powerful glimpse of what the church can be in the world in Rev. Dr. Mike Slaughter’s “Missional Church” course. In that course, I also came to understand the power of the book of Acts to revitalize the church.
A
few years later, in my position as Associate Pastor at Christ United Methodist
Church in Salisbury, Maryland, I was feeling led to a study of the book of Acts
for our annual church-wide small group study. I discovered there was no
shortage of options. However, two trends soon became clear. First, most of the
studies I looked at were quite long (8-20 sessions), and therefore not workable
in our time frame. Secondly, many of them were just too time-consuming. It
seemed that if we were to do a church-wide study of Acts, we would have to
create our own resource. That’s how We
Are The Church…Let’s Act Like It began. It has truly been a labor of love,
as it has afforded me many hours of reading, researching, and writing about the
very exciting and inspiring book of Acts.
I
love the church, problems and all! I especially love the inspiring and amazing
story recorded in the book of Acts, of the early church, which has in so many ways
inspired me to pastoral ministry, and inspired me in pastoral ministry.
I
also love small groups. It is in small groups that we can get up close and personal
with the Word of God. It is in small groups that we come face to face with Jesus
and all that Jesus has for us. I will write more about small groups and how they
can transform your walk of faith, and just as importantly, how they can
transform your church!
As We Are The Church is about to be
released, I pray the Holy Spirit will speak to you as you work through the
book, read the scriptures, meet with your group, and think through all the
implications of this amazing story for your own life, and the life of your
church. I pray that you will be inspired to rethink what is possible for your
own church.
Blessings
on the journey, Linda Pevey