Book Synopsis
Fig Tree Federated Church has a checkered history. Established around the turn of the 20th Century as Fig Tree Covenant Church, the congregation split after 17-year-old Billy Bliss delivered the message one fateful Sunday morning.
Fast-forward a couple of generations to Brent Bent, Pastor of Fig Tree Federated Church. Brent faces numerous obstacles and roadblocks from belligerent and officious church members in his attempt to call the church to mission.
A flopping fish, a self-important evangelist who suggests burning down the church, homophobia, an intense rivalry between life-long friends, a honky-tonk piano player, an onion-and-garlic-breath wedding prank, a locked cabinet, crabby members of a ‘friendly’ church, a precocious young boy, arson, a celebration of apple pie, and much more combine to tell the tale of Fig Tree Federated Church, its heritage, its pastor, and its members.