In the Midwest town of Markham, the churches are rather typical isolated from each other, competitive, and given to squabbles about minor issues. When a tragedy grips the town, the twelve churches must make a decision: Can they set aside their differences and band together in love, self-sacrifice, and united effort?

• Rediscovered and updated novels by Charles Sheldon, one of the best-selling authors of all time.
• The language is 'gently modernized' for contemporary readers.