The Apostle Paul sought to exert his influence and authority over the congregations he founded long after they had been established. Such ongoing oversight by Christianity's prototypical -evangelist- has not been adequately understood. In a brief 1987 article, W. Paul Bowers challenged John Knox's assertion that Paul's -pastoral and administrative work irked him and that he wanted to be free of it-. This book confirms and significantly develops Bowers's little-known thesis, examining a wide range of passages in the apostle's undisputed letters and highlighting crucial implications of Paul's broadly conceived vocation for understanding his mission and moral reflection."