Church History
The resurrection of Jesus has been so fundamentally influential on the world, that his life divided the dating of human history
Below is a tentative timeline of major events in the history of the Christian Church
Judaism
6-4 BC
Jesus is born
33 AD - 100 AD
Pentecost, Birth of the Church
33 AD - 313 AD
Christians heavily persecuted and killed
325 AD
Council of Nicea, Nicene Creed Statement of Christian belief
1054 AD
The Great Schism: dividing Orthodoxy and Catholicsm
1500s AD
Bible translated into other languages for the common people
1800s AD - Present
Rise of cults claiming to be Christian (Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witness etc.) Beware!
Prophecies of Messiah throughout Scripture
30-33 AD
Jesus’ public ministry, his death and Resurrection
67 AD
Jewish Temple destroyed. Era of prophesied Messiah now closed.
(Meaning it could only have been Jesus) Read about this key prophecy from the book of Daniel here
313 AD
Christianity prevails against all odds. Rome adopts Christianity
393 AD
Council of Hippo, Canonisation of the Bible
1096-1300 AD
The Crusades
1517 AD
The Protestant Reformation
Present Day
Christians are still the most persecuted of all religions.
Yet the Church continues to grow and spread throughout the earth
The true Church of Christ:
Believes Jesus is the divine Son of God and is God incarnate
Believes in the Holy Trinity
Accepts Jesus’ sacrifice to atone for sins, repents and follows
Spiritually Reborn and indwelled by the Holy Spirit
Lives in accordance of the Holy Scriptures
True Christianity is a relationship with God
This fellowship is open to every tribe, tongue and nation and does not discriminate or exclude any individual wishing to follow Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior.
To learn more, please see our Roots page here