The Early Church started as a fringe, radical movement; today the church has become a large, bureaucratic institution. In the process, the modern church has lost much of its focus, power, and original intent -- which has slowly deadened its impact on culture. Looking at the history and purpose of the early church as their guide, authors Wes Roberts and Glenn Marshall offer a renewed vision for the church -- one in which the smaller church plays the lead role in serving communities and individuals as Christ did. Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church is not a how-to book for making churches-big or small-better, it is a treatise on where we are, how we got here, and how the church can meet the needs of the coming generations. Book jacket.