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This unique resource addresses a rarely discussed yet widespread challenge facing first-generation churches. This book examines how cultural upbringing can shape-both positively and negatively-the way believers experience church life, influencing personal growth, relationships, family dynamics, leadership styles, and spiritual formation. While every new Christian carries some form of ""baggage,"" first-generation believers-especially those with little prior exposure to Christianity-often bring a particularly heavy load of cultural assumptions and wounds. The book highlights these issues through vivid examples from the Iranian church, using Muslim-background believers as a case study. Yet its insights extend far beyond Iran, offering valuable perspective for anyone coming to Christ from an oppressive or non-Christian environment. Readers will find reassurance that their struggles are not isolated or unusual. Even when certain challenges cannot be resolved within a single generation, the book offers hope through stories of redemption and transformation that illuminate the shared journey of new believers drawing closer to Christ.

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