Saving Christians for Churches & Small Groups
A six-week conversation about Christian faith and religious diversity
What if encountering people of other faiths could help Christians become more faithful to their own tradition?
Saving Christians: The Gift of a Multifaith World invites Christians to explore that question together.
The book is designed not simply to be read, but to be discussed.
Why Read Saving Christians Together?
Questions about religious diversity can be difficult to explore alone.
In a group, readers can share experiences, ask questions, listen to different perspectives, and consider what it means to follow Jesus. This book is about more than understanding different religions. It is an invitation to recognize and live more fully into the core of our own Christian faith.
Saving Christians provides a starting point for those conversations.
Discussion Questions in Every Chapter
Each chapter of Saving Christians includes discussion questions designed to help readers move from the stories and ideas in the book into conversation with one another. Following each chapter, there is an “excursion” that takes one key idea from the chapter and dives deeper. This section also includes discussion questions.
Groups can use the questions informally or build them into a more structured study.
Six-Week Discussion Guide
A six-week discussion guide will be available for churches and small groups that want to explore the book together.
The guide will provide a framework for six conversations around the book's central themes, helping groups connect the material to their own faith, relationships, and communities.
Who Is the Study For?
This study can work well for:
Church small groups
Adult education classes
Sunday school groups
Clergy groups
Interfaith groups
College and seminary communities
Christian book groups
Churches exploring religious diversity
Communities interested in faith and justice
No special background in world religions is required.
The goal isn't to become an expert in other religions.
The goal is to become more curious, more relational, more humble, and more faithful.
Questions the Group Will Explore
Among the questions raised by Saving Christians are:
What can Christians learn from people of other faiths?
How do these other faiths challenge and inspire you to be more faithful to your Christian tradition?
What does it mean to love our neighbors across religious differences?
What does faithful Christian action look like in a multifaith world?
How might religious diversity become a gift rather than a threat?
Bring Joel to Your Group
Joel Simpson is available to speak with churches and groups about the themes of Saving Christians, Christianity in a multifaith world, interfaith relationships, faith and justice, and faithful action.
A conversation with Joel can be designed around your group's interests and context.
Start a Conversation
You don't need to have all the answers before beginning.
You simply need a willingness to listen, ask questions, and consider what we might learn from the people and traditions around us.
Saving Christians offers one place to begin.