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1. Church Last: The Thesis
The opening statement of the whole project: the gathered church is the destination of conversion, not its engine — and the commission to witness was addressed to you.
AN September 14, 2025 · 2 min
Part I · 5 essays
First Words
The case itself. What we mean by “church last,” how the North American church came to run evangelism like a firm, and what the New Testament actually describes — read these five in order before you argue with us.
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2. The Commission Was Addressed to You
The Great Commission is routinely read as a corporate mandate for the institutional church. The grammar, the audience, and the earliest practice all say otherwise.
AN RK October 2, 2025 · 2 min
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3. How the Church Became a Vendor
Growth targets, funnels, brand management, attractional programming — the North American church didn't invent these habits. It acquired them. A history of the acquisition.
DO October 21, 2025 · 2 min
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4. The Myth of the Professional Evangelist
We assume evangelism is a specialist's job requiring training, answers, and a stage. The first witnesses were fishermen and women returning from a tomb — and that was the design, not a bug.
RK November 9, 2025 · 2 min
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5. What the New Testament Actually Models
A walking tour of how the gospel actually moved in Acts and the epistles: person to person, house to house, with the gathered church as the destination rather than the vehicle.
MT December 1, 2025 · 2 min