What Jesus Started

Witness extraordinary true accounts of God at work across the globe.

Reignite your faith in the power of the gospel through remarkable stories of God’s work in the global church. Discover how the church that Jesus started over 2,000 years ago continues today: around the world, in your church and in your life!

Join bestselling storyteller Ellen Vaughn on a global journey to uncover compelling accounts of the gospel’s power in everyday life. You’ll be reinvigorated as you see, with fresh eyes, God’s present work in the world through his people.

Vaughn invites you into the stories of a former would-be suicide bomber who now pastors in Turkey, Christians in war-weary Ukraine bringing hope to their neighbors, a Rwandan pastor who forgave the man who killed his family, and many more.

As you encounter each story, you will...

Be re-energized by the power of the gospel to transform lives Marvel at the work of the Spirit in the church from the book of Acts to the present day Experience renewed excitement for your local community as you ask God who he would have you be and what he would have you do in your church

Through this powerful book, ordinary brothers and sisters in Christ from the East and Global South refresh and remind you of what is true and good about the gospel and God’s people.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Epigraph
4. Part 1: What Jesus Started | Chapter 1: Whispers from the East
5. Chapter 2: Fishbowls and First-Century Faith
6. Chapter 3: Not a Religion
7. Chapter 4: The Church That Jesus Started
8. Chapter 5: The Community That Helps the Desperate
9. Chapter 6: The Ultimate Half-Time Guy
10. Chapter 7: The Electric Church
11. Chapter 8: Minarets or Crosses? The Church That Advances
12. Chapter 9: The Generous Church and Strawberries in the Desert
13. Chapter 10: The Antioch Church
14. Chapter 11: The Church That Is Out on the Streets with the People
15. Chapter 12: The Church That Sows Seed in Hard Soil
16. Chapter 13: The Church as the House of Reconciliation
17. Chapter 14: The Church That Comforts the Afflicted
18. Chapter 15: The Church That Does Good While Weary
19. Chapter 16: The Countercultural Church
20. Chapter 17: The Bloodied Church, Unbroken
21. Part 2: What About Us? | Chapter 18: Idols in the West
22. Chapter 19: Comfortable or Comforted?
23. Chapter 20: Control or Trust?
24. Chapter 21: Inconvenient Christianity
25. Chapter 22: Go to Church!
26. Chapter 23: The End of the Story
27. If You Are Curious About Icm
28. Closing Credits