Survey of Church History 1

Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, the student should:

(1) Appreciate the importance of understanding church history.

(2) Understand how the early church differed from its Roman environment.

(3) Recognize causes for the growth and the persecution of the early church.

(4) Apply lessons from the early church to life in today’s world.

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