Characters Around the Church

“The book is written with crystal-clear simplicity and is a delight to read. Not one chapter outstays its welcome.”  (Derek J Tidball)

“Throughout the book, Houston points us to Jesus, suggesting the difference obedience to His Word would make — in all areas of life.”  (Dr Eugene Habecker)

“Here is a book for every Christian. It will drive you back to the Acts of the Apostles with a new eagerness to study it, and back to your own church fellowship with a new burden to serve and grow―since the characters around your church may be strikingly similar to the Characters Around the Church!”  (Sinclair B Ferguson)

“We meet well-known and not so well known people and the author’s characteristic inquisitiveness often makes the reader stop and think about previously held views of members of the early Church. I was intrigued with Gamaliel, Philip, Aeneas and Dorcas and the encounter with Simon Magus. The book of Acts has ‘come alive’ again with Tom Houston’s book.”  (Direction Magazine)

“… A readable, sensitive and thought-provoking book.”  (Evangelicals Now)

Tom Houston is a retired Scot and lives with his wife Hazle in Oxford, England. He served as a pastor for 20 years in Scotland and Kenya and then went on to serve in leadership positions with the British and Foreign Bible Society, World Vision and the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation until his retirement in 1994.