Family of God: A Study of the New Testament Church

Batsell Barrett Baxter loved the church: "It is because of our deep conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the divine Son of God, that all aspects of his church become significant. It is Christ's church not ours. ... In our effort to learn the life that the Lord would have his disciples to live, we are setting out upon a careful study of the church as originally established in apostolic times. Our intention is to go back to the original documents which describe the church in its early purity ...