Out with the Old, In with the Ancient: The church doesn’t need new ideas. We need to return to the original one.

In an age marked by abuse, betrayal, deconstruction, and division, many Christians are at a loss. Restlessness and disillusionment have left the church reaching for something new, a better model, a fresh strategy, a more relevant expression. But what if the answer isn't ahead of us waiting to be invented? What if it is behind us waiting to be recovered? In Out with the Old, In with the Ancient, pastor, professor, and lover of church history Daniel Sabo proposes no new ideas. He believes the answers have been available all along, in the New Testament, in the often-overlooked first three centuries of Christianity, and in the ancient patterns God established for His people long before any institution could drift from them. Drawing on the early church fathers, two thousand years of church history, and the plain teaching of Scripture, Sabo makes a compelling and honest case that the ancient paths are not locked behind history. They are available right now, to ordinary people in ordinary places, willing to go back to the beginning. This book will take you through: What the early church looked like before the drift began How the church changed over centuries, one small compromise at a time What Scripture reveals about God's design for community and leadership How to take the first steps back toward the church Jesus built This book is for you if you are: A pastor carrying more than any one person was designed to carry A faithful member hungry for something more than Sunday attendance Someone who has stepped away from church and isn't sure what to do next A church planter with a blank page and a chance to build something from the ground up Anyone who has ever wondered whether there is a truer, older, more real version of this There is nothing new under the sun, not the church's problems, and not God's solution to them. The ancient paths are not gone. They lead home. Daniel Sabo is a husband, father, local church pastor, and professor. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Treasa and their six adult children and their growing families.