To approach the life and teachings of the historical Jesus of Nazareth, we have four gospels in the New Testament and multiple non-canonical gospels. These competing and contradictory traditions aid historians in reconstructing portraits. Unfortunately, the same is not true for the period of the early growth of the Christian community after Jesus’ death. For this period, The Acts of the Apostles stands alone among 1st century texts attempting to present a coherent historical narrative. Nevertheless, there are reasons to doubt much of the narrative’s historicity. While the author of Acts admires Paul, many of the book’s descriptions of his activities and even his teachings contradict Paul’s own writings. John Hamer of Toronto Centre Place will review the authorship, structure, and contents of the book of Acts and consider how much of its narrative is historically accurate.