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Church History Since the Reformation
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Lesson OneReformation Patterns4 Activities
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Lesson TwoThe Lutheran Tradition4 Activities
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Lesson ThreeThe Reformed Tradition4 Activities
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Lesson FourThe Anabaptist Tradition4 Activities
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Lesson FiveThe Anglican Tradition4 Activities
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Lesson SixThe Catholic Reformation4 Activities
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Lesson SevenThe Age of Puritanism - Part I4 Activities
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Lesson EightThe Age of Puritanism - Part II4 Activities
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Lesson NineEighteenth-Century Renewal Movements4 Activities
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Lesson TenJonathan Edwards and American Revival3 Activities
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Lesson ElevenCharles Finney and Classic Evangelicalism4 Activities
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Lesson TwelveThe Adventist Tradition4 Activities
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Lesson ThirteenNineteenth-Century Missionary Explosion4 Activities
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Lesson FourteenBlack Christianity in America4 Activities
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Lesson FifteenThe Rise of Modern Pentecostalism4 Activities
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Lesson SixteenThe Rise of Fundamentalism4 Activities
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Lesson SeventeenFundamentalism and Modernism4 Activities
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Lesson EighteenFundamentalist/Modernist Controversies4 Activities
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Lesson NineteenModern Catholicism4 Activities
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Lesson TwentyThe Ecumenical Revolution4 Activities
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Lesson Twenty-OneThe Church and Theological Reconstruction4 Activities
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Lesson Twenty-TwoThe Charismatic Movement4 Activities
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Lesson Twenty-ThreeThe Future of Evangelicalism4 Activities
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Lesson Twenty-FourThe Challenge of Ministry in a New Millennium4 Activities
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Lesson 1, Activity 1
Overview and Objectives
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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 Objectives
When you complete this lesson, you should be able to:
- 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
Personal Reflection
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?