From Restoration to Communion

An Orthodox Invitation to Churches of Christ Christians

By: Michael Potts

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

What if the Church was never lost—and therefore never needed to be restored?

For generations, the noninstrumental Churches of Christ have sought to recover the purity of the New Testament Church through a return to Scripture alone, carefully following biblical patterns for doctrine and worship. This desire for faithfulness is sincere, disciplined, and deeply admirable.

But what if the very idea of “restoration” rests on assumptions that deserve closer examination?

In From Restoration to Communion, Michael Potts offers a careful, historically grounded, and pastorally sensitive exploration of the Orthodox Church as the living continuation of the apostolic faith. Drawing on Scripture, early Christian history, and voices from within the Restoration Movement itself, this book gently but firmly asks whether the Church must be reconstructed—or received.

Without dismissing the strengths of the Churches of Christ, Potts engages key questions:

• Is the New Testament a blueprint to be reconstructed—or a witness to a living Church?
• Can unity be achieved through interpretation alone?
• What is the role of tradition in preserving the faith?
• How should we understand authority, worship, and the nature of the Church itself?

Written especially for thoughtful members of the Churches of Christ who are asking deeper questions, this book does not pressure—it invites.

It invites the reader to consider that the fullness of Christian faith may not lie in restoring what was lost, but in entering into what has always been.