Summary Of Dr. Charles M. Sheldon's In His Steps

The novel In His Steps was written by Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, who was a local pastor in Topeka, Kansas. He wrote the novel as one chapter long sermons, he would then tell a chapter each week at his church. So after Dr. Sheldon was preaching to a full crowd and later published the collections as one novel.
In His Steps is about the lives of the member of the First Church of Raymond and how they made a pledge to not do anything without asking the question “What Would Jesus Do?” first. This pledge sent a shockwave throughout the town and its people. Many characters like Reverend Henry Maxwell, Virginia Page, Edward Norman and Racheal Winslow make district change in how they act and view the world due to this pledge.
One of the characters that are affected by this pledge is Virginia

Mr. Norman also made the pledge very early in the book. One of his first obstacles is what would Jesus do what came to presenting the News. Before making the pledge, Mr. Norman never mixed his religion with his business. He decided that he would no long show news of things like prize fights or gossip. He also drops all advertisements that had to with smoking or alcohol and to stop running a Sunday edition of his newspaper. At first, many of his employees and peers disagreed and thought it was company suicide. But thanks to the support of fellow Christian and the grace of God, the News flourished.
There are many similarities between Virginia Page and Edward Norman. They both make changes for the better thanks to the pledge. They also take the pledge very seriously and consider the question very ineptly. But there is major difference between them, for example, Edward Norman knows almost instantly what Jesus wants him to do but it takes Virginia almost half the book to decided what to do. But they both have a great desire to follow