Stirred by teachings on the Acts 2 church and how that community of believers was radically devoted to God and committed to each other, a once church-is-hopeless thinking young man grabbed hold of a vision that brought him to the belief that the local church is the hope of the world. Bill Hybels brings us through those formative, and ongoing so, years that have resulted in a church committed to living out the gospel of Christ not only in the ministries carried on within Willow Creek, but also by encouraging and helping develop churches around the world.