If you thought that the Apostles were all men, think again. Here are twenty-four career profiles of a dozen men (the Twelve) and a dozen women who launched the Great Commission. The breathtaking scope of this book stretches from the Iberian Peninsula and the British Isles, all the way across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East to Persia and on to India. And from the Atlantic all the way to the Bay of Bengal. From the West to the East. From the Crimean Peninsula down to Ethiopia. The book is historical – carefully researched – but reads like fiction, so it is fresh and accessible. It is imaginative but not a figment of the imagination. It does not wander into story-telling for its own sake, but keeps close to the historical record. Some readers like to look at the timeline and the map first, although these are annexures. It is written from deep admiration and the author’s contagious fire-in-the-belly. Some of the narrative may sound familiar, but then you will turn a corner into uncharted terrain. The book is full of novelties and insights that will astound even historians and Bible scholars. Fasten your seatbelts for new insights and a unique interpretation of the Apostolic Age.
