Church History

In this series of lessons -- a study of Church History, we will look at the roots of today's Christian Church. It will be a challenge in that unlike prior studies this one will require us to use external reference material in addition to our Bible. In the lessons below, I hope to introduce you to roots of your faith, the organized church, doctrine/theology, and how the Bible we use today came into being.

As mentioned above, for many lessons in this study, you may need to consult extra-biblical (outside the Bible) reference material. There are many good books on Church History, and many good websites. If you have trouble discovering any of these please let me know and I'll forward some good references. Basic Bible references, such as a good Bible Dictionary or Bible Atlas will add a great deal to your research as well. The Crosswalk.com web site contains links to several online Bible dictionaries. I also discovered the Godweb.org site, which I am not endorsing, but I am referencing it here because its Online Bible Atlas contains links to many maps and atlases from various sources. Furthermore, with today's Internet search engines, a quick search on Google, or Yahoo! should also prove very useful.