Behind the Shattered Church

The Hidden Forces Separating Us into Thousands of Denominations

Jesus must weep over the thousands of denominations that seek to present him to the world—disunity that shows a confusing picture of the Christian faith. How effective can we be in obedience to the Great Commission if, instead of operating as a functioning body, the Church is just a bag of body parts?

Dr. Willis Lawton asserts that any hope of healing our fractured Church must begin with an understanding of how we got where we are today. He reveals the hidden forces that splintered the Church throughout the course of history and left us with countless, competing denominations. Most Christians have little idea of what happened between the end of the Book of Acts and the Reformation. Dr. Lawton identifies the critical turning points in church history, and reveals four core principles of the pre-Reformation Church that were challenged and discarded.

This eye-opening retelling of verifiable events should be of special interest to young adult Evangelicals and other Christians desiring to develop a vibrant, mature faith that goes beyond the confines of denominational political correctness. Dr. Lawton’s training and experience with a wide variety of denominations offers a unique platform to analyze the hidden forces that shattered the church into fragments.

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Author Bio

Willis Lawton was raised in a nominal Methodist family and confirmed in the Episcopal Church during college. After earning a BA from the University of Western Ontario, an LTh from Huron College (Anglican Seminary), and completing a year in a Baptist Bible school, Willis was ordained as a priest in Wilkie Sask. He then obtained an MD at University of Saskatchewan and practiced in Canada and the US. Willis and his wife, Gail, experienced charismatic renewal and became involved in a Catholic Charismatic group and the Catholic Church. Later they went on staff with Youth With A Mission and completed many short-term medical mission trips. Dr. Lawton’s seminary training and experience with a wide variety of denominations offers a unique platform to analyze the hidden forces that shattered the church into fragments, in Behind the Shattered Church. Willis and Gail reside in Texas.

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