TV ALERT: Tune in TONIGHT!   Chapman University faculty member Marvin Meyer, Ph.D., Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, will be among the international experts starring in the national broadcast premiere of SECRET LIVES OF THE APOSTLES.   Thursday, April 5th @ 9pm on the National Geographic Channel (check your local listings).

Before the church, before the Gospels, before the word Christian, there were the Apostles. This is their story. In three or four decades, the seeds of a global religion spread across the Roman Empire. In an age with no Internet, no mass media, no planes, trains or fossil fuel, how did it happen? NGC investigates the mysterious decades following Jesus death, and the group of 12 common men who traveled miles, risked their lives and sacrificed everything to spread Jesus’ message.

READ THE FEATURE ARTICLE at NationalGeographic.com