Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Lesson Four
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
The Age of Puritanism – Part I
4 Activities
Lesson Eight
The Age of Puritanism – Part II
4 Activities
Lesson Nine
Eighteenth-Century Renewal Movements
4 Activities
Lesson Ten
Jonathan Edwards and American Revival
3 Activities
Lesson Eleven
Charles Finney and Classic Evangelicalism
4 Activities
Lesson Twelve
Lesson Thirteen
Nineteenth-Century Missionary Explosion
4 Activities
Lesson Fourteen
Black Christianity in America
4 Activities
Lesson Fifteen
The Rise of Modern Pentecostalism
4 Activities
Lesson Sixteen
The Rise of Fundamentalism
4 Activities
Lesson Seventeen
Fundamentalism and Modernism
4 Activities
Lesson Eighteen
Fundamentalist/Modernist Controversies
4 Activities
Lesson Nineteen
Lesson Twenty
Lesson Twenty-One
The Church and Theological Reconstruction
4 Activities
Lesson Twenty-Two
Lesson Twenty-Three
The Future of Evangelicalism
4 Activities
Lesson Twenty-Four
The Challenge of Ministry in a New Millennium
4 Activities
Course Wrap-Up
Course Completion
1 Activity | 1 Assessment
Overview and Objectives
Lesson Overview
The study of the history of the church is an exciting and engaging discipline. The pursuit of this discipline is based upon an openness to the best and worst moments in the life of the church, a rigorous examination of the historical evidence about the church and a strong commitment to the church as a work of God.
Lesson ObjectivesWhen you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:
- Understand the foundations, guidelines and sources for the study of the history of the church (nature of truth, evidence, church)
- Identify the characteristics of the ideal and the real church
- Review the biblical data relating to the foundation of the church
As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
Why are you taking this course? What do you hope to gain from it?