Purity and Truth

Overview of Church History Part 2: 1500-1800 Session 5

Session 5: “Puritans and the Kingdom of God on Earth”

Overview of Church History Part 2: 1500-1800 Session 6

 Session 6: “Revivalists: Whitefield and the Wesleys”

Overview of Church History Part 2:1500-1800 Session 7

 Session 7: “Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening”

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 1

 Session 1 “Freedom’s Turmoil” Historical background to 1800s: Decline of religion, common sense, French Revolution, the Great Awakenings, War of 1812, the birth of Canada, rise of nationalism and political freedom. Please note, the syllabus for this third series can be downloaded at http://www.purityandtruth.com/events/

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 2

Session 2 “Imperialism and the explosion of missions.” 

Technological revolutions, the train, the telegraph, industrialization, the telephone. Colonialism, William Carey, Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor.

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 3

Session 3 “Revival and Strife” 

Revival to revivalism, Charles Finney, abolitionism and the Civil War,

communes, Millerites, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventism.

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 4

Session 4 “Holiness and Reform”  

DL Moody, Billy Sunday. The Holiness movement and the birth of Penecostalism: Phoebe Palmer, Asuza, Darwinism, higher criticism, and the rise of fundamentalism ( J Gresham Machen, changing eschatologies).The dark side of industrialization and the Christian response: progressives, the social gospel, Tommy Douglas. Capitalism, Socialism, communism, prohibition

Overview of Church History Part 3:1800-2000 Session 5

Session 5: “The World at War” 

 World War 1, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and World War 2.

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 6

Session 6: “Social Upheaval and the Cold War”

 The demise of the family. The pill, the sexual revolution, global tensions. Social change, the influence of movies, radio, the car, and television. The baby boom, the counter-culture revolution, the civil rights movement, the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Overview of Church History Part 3: 1800-2000 Session 7

Session 7: “New Awakenings” 

 The explosion of the church in Asia and Africa. The church in China. Persecution. The Evangelical Awakening. Truth and transformation. The power of the gospel to overcome the darkest times. Lessons for application from 2000 years of Church History.