Contents/Summary Content notes v. 1. Earliest Christianity to 1453 -- v. 2. Modern Christianity from 1454-1800 Bibliographic notes Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents/Summary Summary "Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is the church something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? In this introduction to the nature of the local church, historian and missionary Scott Sunquist brings us a portrait of the church in motion, clarifying the two primary purposes of the …
Contents/Summary Summary "How should thoughtful Christians-especially historians and missiologists-make sense of global Christianity as an unfolding historical movement? Highlighting both the continuity and the diversity within the Christian movement over the centuries, this comprehensive resource from Scott Sunquist offers a framework for how to read and write church history"--…