Jesus’ birth

AD 1

Jesus began public ministry

AD 30

Jesus discipled his followers

AD 30-33

Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension

AD 33

Pentecost

AD 33

Church gathered daily on Solomon’s Porch, streets, market place & house to house

AD 33

Church gathered as the Body with Christ as the Head

AD 33

Priesthood of all believers ministering in spiritual gifts

AD 33

Plurality of servant leadership by example

AD 33

Disciples scattered abroad by persecution

AD 38

Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

AD 38

Paul’s missionary journeys begin

AD 46

Council of Jerusalem: Salvation through grace (Acts 15:11)

AD 50

Paul’s death

AD 68

Jerusalem temple destroyed      By Titus

AD 70

John the apostle’s death

AD 100

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, wrote his seven epistles (Not included in Cannon)

AD 107

Clement of Rome: Elders/pastors/bishops different function

AD 117

Clement of Rome: Clergy/Laity distinguished

AD 117

Clement of Rome: One-man pastor leadership

AD 117

First mention of infant baptism

AD 215

Construction of first known church building under Emperor Serverus

AD 235

Earliest mention of “clergy” being salaried

AD 245

Earliest beginnings of monasticism by Anthony

AD 270

Prayers for the dead

AD 300

Making the sign of the cross

AD 300

Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity

AD 312

Council of Milan: ministers licensed by the State

AD 313

Council of Milan: ministers became full-time & salaried

AD 313

Council of Milan: edict concerning construction of church buildings

AD 313

(Period of Dark Ages in history)

AD 313-1525

Use of wax candles

AD 320

Constantine declared Sunday a civil holiday (Holy Day)

AD 321

Church buildings built throughout the Roman world

AD 324

Temple/Synagogue style worship

AD 324

Pews & theater seating arrangement

AD 324

Chanters, choirs & hymnbooks

AD 324

Altars Erected

AD 324

Baptisteries placed in buildings

AD 324

Council of Nicene: First Church Creed established

AD 325

Council of Nicene: bishop supremacy

AD 325

Veneration of angels, dead saints and use of images

AD 375

Christianity becomes the State Religion under Emperor Theodosius

AD 378

Mass as a daily celebration

AD 394

Council of Carthage: canonization of Scripture

AD 397

Latin Vulgate Bible by Jerome

AD 405

Edict of Innocent I: Compulsory infant baptism

AD 407

Council of Ephesus: exaltation of Mary as the mother of God

AD 431

Leo the Great pronounced himself as Bishop of Rome

AD 452

Ministers established common dress code

AD 500

Extreme Unction

AD 526

First monastic order begun by Benedict of Nursia

AD 529

Christian calendar established by Dionysius Exiguus

AD 550

(Mohammed begins Religion of Islam)

AD 570

Gregory became the head of the Church of  Rome

AD 590

Doctrine of Purgatory by Gregory I

AD 593

Latin used in prayer and worship by Gregory I

AD 600

Mass as known today established by Pope Gregory

AD 604

Boniface III bishop of Rome adopted the title Pope

AD 607

Temporal power of popes by Pepin, King of the Franks

AD 750

Organs first put into church buildings

AD 609

Kissing the pope’s feet begins with Pope Constantine

AD 709

Worship of the cross, images and relics

AD 786

Use of holy water with salt blessed by priests

AD 850

Worship of Joseph as a saint

AD 890

Canonization of dead saints

AD 993

College of Cardinals established

AD 927

Baptism of bells by Pope John XIII

AD 965

Canonization of dead saints by Pope John XV

AD 995

Fasting on Fridays and during Lent

AD 998

Mass as a sacrifice begins

AD 1050

Final division of East/West Church

AD 1054

Celibacy of priesthood by Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand)

AD 1079

Rosary and praying with beads by Peter the Hermit

AD 1090

Sale of Indulgences

AD 1190

Christian and Muslim Crusades

AD 1100-1400

Church buildings add towers and steeples

AD 1100

Sale of indulgences

AD 1190

Transubstantiation of wafer and wine by Pope Innocent III

AD 1215

Confession of sins to a priest by Pope Innocent III in Lateran Council

AD 1215

Adoration of the wafer (Host) by Pope Honorius III

AD 1220

Bible declared too holy & forbidden to be read by laymen by Council of Valencia

AD 1229

Scapular first used (special cloth around neck on front & back)

AD 1251

Wycliffe (1330-1384) translates Bible into English

AD 1380

John Huss (1374-1415) reformation influence

AD 1398

Communion cup forbidden lay people by Council of Constance

AD 1414

Doctrine of purgatory decreed by Council of Florence

AD 1439

Dogma of seven sacraments affirmed

AD 1439

Fall of the Roman Empire

AD 1453

Gutenberg prints first Bible

AD 1453

Columbus discovers America

AD 1492

Reformation: Martin Luther (1483-1546) 95 Thesis at Wittenberg

AD 1517

Reformation of Theology

AD 1517

Tyndal’s English translation

AD 1520

Zwingli, Calvin, Knox influence in Reformation

AD 1522

Anabaptists influence

AD 1525

Beginning of Separation of Church & State

AD 1525

Pulpit stands, other pulpit furnishings and elevated platforms

AD 1540

Council of Trent: Tradition and Scripture of equal authority

AD 1545

Apocryphal books added to the Bible by Council of Trent

AD 1546

Official Catholic Creed imposed by Pope Pius IV

AD 1560

King James translation of the Bible

AD 1611

John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress published

AD 1678

Huguenots Influence

AD 1698

Isaac Watt’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs published

AD 1707

Moravian Brethren missionary movement`

AD 1727

Jonathan Edward and the Great Awakening in America colonies

AD 1735

John Wesley’s conversion and brother Charles’ influence

AD 1738

Sunday Schools established in England and later in United States

AD 1738

United States declares Independence from England

AD 1776

William Carey’s missionary to India

AD 1793

Restoration Movement begun by Campbell brothers

AD 1811

Foreign Missionary Boards in United States with Judson sailing to India

AD 1812

Crusade evangelism in England & US with Finney, Moody, Sankey, Crosby

AD 1830

Beginning of altar calls and walking the aisle

AD 1830

Rise in false religions & cults: i.e., Mormonism

AD 1830

Dispensational Scripture interpretation by Plymouth Brethren, Darby

AD 1830

Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary by Pope Pius IX

AD 1854

Hudson Taylor begins missionary work in China

AD 1854

Spurgeon becomes pastor in London

AD 1854

David Livingston publishes “Missionary Travels” about African missions

AD 1857

Syllabus of Errors asserted pope’s temporal authority over all civil rulers

AD 1864

William Booth founds the Salvation Army

AD 1865

Papal Infallibility in matters of faith and morals by Pope Pius IX

AD 1870

Immaculate Conception of Mary: Pope Pius IX

AD 1870

Rise in false religions & cults: i.e., Jehovah’s Witnesses

AD 1872

Student Volunteer Movement of young people involved in missions

AD 1886

Gideon International organized

AD 1899

Beginning of airplane flight with Kitty Hawk invented by Wright Brothers

AD 1903

Pentecostal movement begins with Asuza Street revival

AD 1906

World War I    begins

AD 1914

First Christian radio broadcast

AD 1921

Worldwide Economic Depression w/Stock Market Crash

AD 1929

Wycliffe Bible translators aspire to bring Bible to every language group

AD 1934

Age, sex, grade grouping & separation of families in churches in United States

AD 1935

World War II begins     in Europe in 1939 w/USA joining in 1941

AD 1939-1941

United Nations founded

AD 1945

Israel formed as a nation

AD 1948

World Council of Churches is formed

AD 1948

Billy Graham nation-wide evangelism crusades begin in California

AD 1949

Para-church in US: i.e., Youth for Christ, Navigators, Campus Crusade

AD 1944-1951

Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension) by Pope Pius XII

AD 1950

Cold War begins with the Soviet Union in 1950(Ends in1992)

AD 1950

Full Gospel movement begins in United States

AD  1951

Lay Renewal movement begins

AD 1952

Para-church in US: i.e., Teen Challenge, Youth with a Mission

AD 1958-1960

Increase in church building construction in United States

AD 1960

Charismatic movement grows in United States

AD 1960

Feminist movement increases in the United States

AD 1960

Home Churches in China and England

AD 1960

Reformation of Ecclesiology

AD 1960s

Second Vatican Council promotes new attitudes and practices

AD 1962

Space travel with John Glenn orbiting the earth

AD 1962

Mary proclaimed as Mother of God by Pope Paul VI

AD 1965

Mass media growth around the world: i.e., Trinity Broadcasting Network

AD 1973

Biblical house churches in United States

AD 1970s

Rise in Para-church groups: i.e., Christ for the Nations & Mercy Ships

AD 1970-1978

Rise in cults: i.e. Jim Jones

AD 1979

Increase in Open Churches, Churches without Walls, Relational Churches

AD 1985

Surge in construction of mega-church buildings in United States

AD 1990

Men’s organizations begin: i.e., Promise Keepers, Prison Ministries spread in US

AD 1990

Renewed emphasis of Ephesians 4 equipping gifted leadership

AD 1990

Spontaneous increase in biblical house churches throughout USA

AD 1990’s

Cold War ended with collapse of the Soviet Union

AD 1992

Believers in third world countries experience great persecution and more believers are martyred in the 20th Century than all previous centuries combined

AD 2000

Muslim extremists attack United States and US declares War on terrorism

AD 2001

Information Age with volume of knowledge doubling every three years

AD 2002

Heinous crimes against humanity increase

AD 2002

Population of the world increases to six + billion

AD 2002

Diseases, pestilence, famine & earthquakes continue to increase

AD 2002

Christianity increases in Asia, Africa, S.A & decreases in Europe, US

AD 2002

Biblical house churches increase throughout the world, i.e. China with    100 million + believers

AD 2002

Unprecedented growth of Christianity in the world: Christianity is growing three times faster than the world’s population with 180,000 converts per day (i.e. Latin America- 35,000, China-30,000 and Africa 20,000) at 6.9 growth; Muslims 2.7; Hindus 2.2; Buddhists 1.7.  According to the latest statistics of Christians in the world today: Latin America-480 million; Africa-360 million (42% of population); Asia-313 million and Europe & North America-200 million for a total of over 1.35 billion believers.

AD 2002

Worldwide earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, pestilences, famines, diseases, epidemics, Muslim Jihad, religious conflicts, cultural wars between, East and West, Muslim population explosion and a decrease in the European population.

AD 2003-2007