In His Steps

Name: In His Steps
Author: Charles M. Sheldon

Charles Monroe Sheldon (1857–1946) was an American Congregational minister in Topeka, Kansas, and a leader of the Social Gospel movement. To reach his young people he read them a story in weekly chapters, asking at every turn what Jesus would do. Published in 1896, that story became In His Steps — in our library — one of the best-selling books of its era, and its question still shapes Christian decision-making.

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First published: 1896
Categories: Christian Literature, Holiness
Length: 82k words · about 5 hours
Chapters: 31
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 92% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

Charles M. Sheldon's famous novel, first published in 1896. When a homeless stranger challenges a comfortable congregation, the pastor and several members pledge for a year to ask, before every decision, 'What would Jesus do?' The story traces what the pledge costs them in business, journalism, and society — and gave the church the enduring question behind WWJD.