The Church That Might Have Been: A Parable About Choices

By Jim Barr

The story of the Church does not begin in the New Testament. It begins in the Exodus - in a people learning to trust God, in a covenant carried through centuries of struggle, hope, and renewal.

The Church That Might Have Been is an historical novel that follows this ancient story from its earliest steps, letting the life of Israel flow naturally into the world of Jesus and the first few centuries of believers.
Then, through one re-centered choice, a different future unfolds: a Church shaped by the embodied Christ, grounded in Israel's memory, and guided by the lived experience of the earliest communities.
This is a parable of continuity and possibility - a vision of the Church that grows from the Exodus into a new world, and into a future that might have been.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HFLSLTWS
• ISBN13: 9798193388388
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 491 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"