It was important that the young, new Church could be identified and set apart from the crowd by becoming known as a group of gracious and kind people. This reflected God's initiative as always being the first to show mercy.

The examples of Barnabas, Ananias, and Sapphira illustrated what it meant to have a proper heart of generous servanthood as their standard of behavior.

The next lessons for the Church were in evangelism and witnessing, to large public crowds and to individuals one at a time. This book is a candid examination of issues when dealing from scratch with four categories of unbelievers and discipling them. Every new Christian was witnessed to by a Christian who had been formed in these lessons.

This revised edition contains additional material included in the print version.