The Church: A Guide to the People of God

Praise for The Church

This is a bright, thoughtful, and passionate account of the Church. Brad East roots ecclesiology in the story of Israel and the story of Jesus Christ and in doing so provides a number of fresh perspectives that can help us in our doctrine and our practice.

—Andrew Wilson, teaching pastor, King’s Church, London

This book is pure delight! Inspiring, instructive, enriching, beautifully written, this book makes one want to be a Christian. It is next to impossible to write an ecumenically rewarding book on the theology of the Church, but Brad East has done it!

—Matthew Levering, James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary, Illinois

Brad East’s The Church wonderfully enhances the already marvelous Lexham series on Christian ‘Essentials.’ Building off of the Church’s ‘Mystery’ that is Christ’s Body, as Ephesians proclaims, East outlines the story of God’s people born of Abraham, in its breadth, beauty, imperative, and promise. Lucid, compact, attractive, and appropriately rich with the figures of Scripture’s visionary treasure, this book is not only a fine introduction for new Christians of all traditions but a well from which to draw continued reflection and prayerful praise. Highly commended!

—Ephraim Radner, professor of historical theology, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada

I find this an extraordinary book. It is short. It is written with simplicity and clarity. And yet it covers so much, introducing its readers to an extraordinarily rich field of theology.

—Karen Kilby, Bede Professor of Catholic Theology, Durham University