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Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first worship service for Thomas Road Baptist Church, the birth of John Marrant, and the death of Joahnnes Tauler.
Christian historians must know that the church’s tradition has been to see God at work in history. We’re biblically instructed to do so, and historians up to around 1860 did so!
A History of Support, Complicity and Resistance (Part 1 of 2) My greatest fear is that we will fail to learn from history—specifically, the role the Christian Church has played in fostering ...
HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH DURING THE FIRST TEN CENTURIES. By PHILIP SMITH, New-York: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1879. Share full article. Nov. 3, 1878.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the execution of Mary Dyer, Thomas a Becket being consecrated archbishop of Canterbury and the founding of the Young Men's Christian ...
The rift marks the largest denominational schism in U.S. history. A quarter of the church’s approximately 30,000 congregations said they planned to remove themselves from the United Methodist ...
For Black History Month, KSHB 41 News is sharing the stories of people making history now. In Independence, there is a man inside the historic First Christian Church who is making a difference.
A growing number of young people are turning to the Catholic Church from other denominations, religions, and even no faith at all. Some dioceses are reporting year-over-year increases in new ...
Thomas Bokenkotter’s “A Concise History of the Catholic Church” is a comprehensive yet accessible overview of one of the world’s most influential religious institutions.
According to figures from the Catholic Church in France, 10,300 adults were expected to be baptized during Easter 2025, a rise of 45%. Here are seven questions to better understand the origins and ...