THE EARLY CHURCH ABLAZE!Mark 16:20; Acts 4:31-33; 5:12-16; 6:7; 8:4

Lame man Acts 3:1-11

Signs andwonders . . .

Stephen is stonedActs 7:54-60

Peter imprisonedActs 12:1-19

...andpersecutions!

LESSON 10 CHART 1

PAUL, APOSTLE TO THE GENTILESSaul, thepersecutorActs 9:1-2

Saul, theconvertedActs 9:3-22

Paul, theprisoner

II Corinthians 11:23-28

Paul, themissionary

Acts 13:1-3Three

missionarycampaigns

ANTIOCH

The apostle andhis epistles

LESSON 10 CHART 2

Romans

TitusPhilemonHebrews

I & II CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossiansI & II ThessaloniansI & II Timothy

DESTRUCTIONOF

JERUSALEMLuke 19:41-44; 23:28-31

A.D. 70

Roman armiesbesiege holy city

The days of vengeance

Luke 21:20-23

“And shall beled away captive

into all nations . . .until the times ofthe Gentiles be

fulfilled.”Luke 21:24

CHART 3LESSON 10

THE CHURCH IN PERSECUTION

The Roman Persecution

Persecutionspreads the

gospel

Persecutionby NeroA.D. 64

Catacombs ofRome

A.D. 257

Diocletianburns Bibles

A.D. 303LESSON 10 CHART 4

DECLINE IN CHRISTENDOMA.D. 30-

150A.D.150-300 A.D. 300-

400A.D.400-

500A.D.500-1500

DARK AGES

• Birth of MuhammadA.D. 570

• Holy Wars• Crusades

1096-1291• Power struggle

church and state• Sale of indulgences

1476

• Heathenworship begins

• Sacrifices,altars,

priestsimages,

relics• Roman Empire

falls - A.D. 410• Pope

establishedA.D. 461

• Persecutionby DiocletianA.D. 303

• Constantine’sEdict ofTolerationA.D. 313

• Council ofNiceaA.D. 325

• Council ofConstantinopleA.D. 381

• Gnosticism• Montanists

A.D. 155• Tertullian

introducesnew theologyA.D. 156

• SabelliusA.D. 200

• Day ofPentecostA.D. 30

• Persecutionby NeroA.D. 54-68

• Martyrdom ofapostlesA.D. 44-68

• JerusalemdestroyedA.D. 70

• Persecutionby DomitianA.D. 81-96

LESSON 10 CHART 5

CHRISTIANITY REFORMSA.D. 1000-

1400A.D. 1400-

1500A.D. 1500-

1600A.D. 1600-

1700A.D. 1700-

1800A.D. 1800-

1900•Waldenses•Albigenses

1170•Renaissance:

Rebirth oflearning1350-1650

•WycliffeEnglish

Bible1382

• John Hussmartyred1415

• First printingpress 1455(Bible

printed)

• ProtestantReformation

• Martin Lutherprotests 1517

• Anabaptists1525

• Church ofEngland 1534

• John Calvin1536

• John Knox1560

• PresbyteriansThomasCartwright1567

• First Baptistchurch inEngland 1612

• Pilgrims 1620

• Puritans 1629

• Quakers 1647

• Mennonites1676

• Moravians 1727

• JonathanEdwards 1734

• GeorgeWhitefield1736

• Methodists—

John Wesley1784

• “Witness ofthe Spirit”

• “Holiness”•Missionaries• Circuit riders• Sunday

schools

• Campmeetings

• Charles G.Finney 1821

• Disciples ofChrist 1830

• Adventists1844

• Charles H.Spurgeon1859

• D. L. Moody1865

• Church of God1894

LESSON 10 CHART 6

THE LATTER-DAY OUTPOURING“And it shall come topass afterward, that Iwill pour out my spiritupon all flesh.” Joel 2:28

Topeka, Kansas

Azusa Street

Formation ofPentecostal

Denominations

Instructionabout

Gifts of Spirit

LESSON 10 CHART 7