This book makes an outrageous proposal: That most of what we Christians do in our churches has no root in the New Testament! It rather has its origin in pagan culture long after the death of the apostles. As shocking as that sounds, Frank Viola and George Barna  prove their points by documenting every claim they make. Fully footnoted, this is the first book ever penned that documents the full story of our modern church practices. 

This book explores such rarely asked questions as: Where did the modern pastor come from? Why do virtually all Protestant churches have a sermon every week? Why do we sit passively in pews or chairs during most of the worship service? Where did the Protestant "order of worship" come from? Where did church buildings come from? Where did the seminary and Bible college come from? With over 1200 footnotes, this book documents the entire story of our contemporary church practices. It also explains why so many Christians are leaving the institutional church today.

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We highly recommend this book, as well as Frank Viola's other books. They are "eye openers!!!"