The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today

Mary Magdalene's role in Jesus's ministry was pivotal, according to all four Gospels, but her story is too often overlooked, confused, or scandalized by the church. This book draws on Scripture and church history to recover her story of faith, encouraging the whole church to follow her example and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ today. Who was among the last at the cross and the first at the empty tomb? Mary Magdalene.Her role in Jesus's ministry as told in all four Gospels was pivotal in many ways. Yet her story is often overlooked, confused, or scandalized by the church.In The Mary We Forgot, award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and church history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene as a model of discipleship for all Christians today--women and men alike.McNutt invites readers along on her journey through southern France, tracing the path remembered by some church traditions as where Mary Magdalene spread the gospel. Christians will learn from the disciple known as the "apostle to the apostles" how to embrace Jesus's calling to "go and tell" with faith and courage. They'll also be encouraged by the reminder that God uses ordinary, imperfect, and unexpected people to share the good news of Jesus Christ.