Part six. Writing a history of Christianity's beginnings. The quest for the historical church ; The sources
Part seven. The first phase. Beginning in Jerusalem ; The earliest community ; The Hellenists and the first outreach ; The emergence of Paul ; The mission of Peter ; Crisis and confrontation
Part eight. Apostle to the Gentiles. Dates, destinations and distances ; Paul the Apostle ; Paul's churches ; The Aegean mission : phase one ; The Aegean mission : phase two ; The close of a chapter
Part nine. The end of the beginning. The passion of Paul ; The voiceless Peter ; Catastrophe in Judea ; The legacy of the first-generation leadership.