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The Church:
Early (33ad - 400s)
Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)
Reformation (1500s - 1600s)
Modern (1700s - Today)
The Church:
Early (33ad - 400s)
Middle Ages (500s – 1400s)
Reformation (1500s - 1600s)
Modern (1700s - Today)
Modern (1700s - Today)
1707ad – Watts’ Hymns
Hymns Tired of the dull
songs sung in church, Watts set
out to offer a higher quality alternative of Christian hymns
Influence Wrote over 600
hymns in his life, produced 2 major
collections including ‘Hymns and Spiritual Songs’, with many of his hymns still sung
Modern (1700s - Today)
1716ad – Jonathan Edwards
Edwards Considered by many as ‘the greatest mind
America has ever produced’
Enrolled at Yale at 12 years old,
gained Master’s degree at 19
Influence Powerful preacher, delivered the most famous sermon in American history
(Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God), led the First Great Awakening
Modern (1700s - Today)
1735ad – Great Awakening
Condition Spiritual fervor of immigrants had been lost,
Desire for wealth and comfortable living increased,
Influence of Enlightenment
growing
Awakening Church numbers grew, True piety
emerged, Barriers broke down,
Missions work revived, and Evangelism
among ‘Indians’ increased
Modern (1700s - Today)
1739ad – Wesley & Whitefield
Wesley Graduated and
taught at Oxford, Joined brother’s
group called ‘Holy Club’ (Methodists),
Very influential open-air preaching in England [1739]
Whitefield Part of ‘Holy Club’, Very dynamic, bold & colorful preacher, thousands came to hear him (England
& America), Helped Edwards lead the Great Awakening,
Believed in predestination.
Modern (1700s - Today)
1780ad – Sunday School Problem Factory kids
didn’t work on Sundays, they disturbed the adults, were
illiterate & many got involved in crime very early
Raikes Started a school on Sundays for poor kids that
included reading lessons, going to church, and then Bible
lessons
Result: Crime went down, literacy improved, many Sunday Schools
were started in England and in America
Modern (1700s - Today)
1793ad – Carey to India Passion
Carey believed that the Great
Commission was for all believers,
but he was uneducated and unsupported in for many years
Life He formed a missionary
society, sailed to India where he served for 41 years without
furlough
Result: Translated the Bible in 30+ languages, dictionaries in 4 languages,
founded many churches and schools, started a college, and converted 700
Modern (1700s - Today)
1807ad – Wilberforce & Slaves
Wilberforce A British politician
who, after befriending John Newton (Amazing Grace), spoke out against slave trade and slavery for the
rest of his life
Slaves After over 20
years of effort, Slave Trade was
abolished in 1807
After another 26 years of effort,
Slavery was also abolished
Modern (1700s - Today)
1840ad – Livingstone to Africa
Livingstone A Scottish doctor,
missionary, explorer, and
fighter against the slave trade
throughout Africa
Africa Livingstone was
sent as a missionary, who
then explored and mapped out
Africa, while writing about the horrors of
slavery
Modern (1700s - Today)
1853ad – Taylor to China
Taylor English Missionary to China who took the gospel into the unreached regions
of China, then began a massive
missionary presence there.
China At age 21, he
sailed to China, prayed to receive
funds, revised the Chinese N.T.,
and began the China Inland
Mission
Modern (1700s - Today)
1854ad – Spurgeon in London
Spurgeon He began
preaching at 16yrs of age, became
pastor in London at 20yrs, and
preached weekly to thousands til
his death in 1892
Influence He preached 10x a week, to over
10 million in his life, with 25k copies of his sermons sold per week and
3,500+ sermons still in print
Modern (1700s - Today)
1872ad – Moody in America
Moody Church planter, YMCA president,
International Evangelist, Founder of numerous Bible Colleges, President
of International Sunday School
Society
Influence He preached all
over America and internationally,
leaving a legacy in his founding the
Moody Bible Institute and The
Moody Press
Modern (1700s - Today)
1906ad – Pentecostalism
Movement ‘Tongues
speaking’ revivals occurred in
Kansas (1900) & on Azusa St. (1906),
CA, sparking the Pentecostal movement
Belief A number of
denominations resulted, teaching to seek ‘baptism
of the Holy Spirit’, being evidenced by ‘speaking in
tongues’
Modern (1700s - Today)
1921ad – Christian Radio
Radio Radio broadcasting began in 1920, and
the next year a Pittsburgh radio
station broadcast a local church service
Impact The gospel
could now reach thousands of people at one time, many of whom couldn’t hear the gospel
otherwise
Modern (1700s - Today)
1931ad – C.S. Lewis Converts
Lewis An Irish scholar, philosopher and
author whose Christian
apologetic and fantasy books
gained him worldwide fame
Work Lewis’ books have sold millions of copies, his radio
messages reached all of the United Kingdom and he donated most all
of his wealth
Modern (1700s - Today)
1942ad – Wycliffe Translators
Purpose Wycliffe Bible
Translators was founded to
translate Scripture, train field
personnel and promote interest
in Bible translation
Impact ‘Wycliffe’ has translated the Bible into 700+ languages and hundreds more are currently in
process of translation
Modern (1700s - Today)
1947ad – Dead Sea Scrolls
The Find Over 200 scrolls of Old Testament
writings, from nearly every book,
dating around 250-150bc, were
found in the caves of Qumran
Importance These scrolls,
nearly identical to the oldest manuscripts
beforehand (at least 1,000 yrs
newer), proved the Bible’s
preservation
Modern (1700s - Today)
1949ad – Billy Graham
Graham Church Pastor,
Global Evangelist, Popular Author, Advisor to many World Leaders,
Founder of BGEA, Decision and
Christianity Today
Influence Preached in 400+ Crusades in 185 countries, to 80
million in person, 200+ million in live radio/TV
audiences, and has led millions to faith in Christ
Modern (1700s - Today)
1979ad – The Jesus Film
Mission To reach as many people groups in
the world as possible with the gospel through a
movie in their own language
Results Over 6 billion
people reached, in over 1,200
languages/dialects, over 200 million
professions of faith in Christ
Modern (1700s - Today)
2007ad –Creation Museum
A.I.G. Organization that promotes a literal understanding of
Genesis, in opposition to the Big Bang Theory & Darwin’s Theory
of Evolution
Museum A State-of-the-art
70,000 sq. ft. museum that
brings the Bible to life with a
planetarium, life-size dinosaurs, and many other
exhibits