Encouraging trends of global Christianity
Genesis (4000 - 2000 BC)
4000 (BC) Adam and Eve
Cain, Abel, Seth
Enosh, Kenan, Jared, Mahelel, Enoch
Methuselah, Lamech
3000-2500 BC - Noah, Japheth, Shem Ham
[Japheth][Ham][Shem] [Japhethites, Hamites, Semites] [Nephilim - Heroes of Old]
[Arphaxad] [Shem]
[Shelah] [Shem]
[Eber] [Shem]
[Peleg] [Shem]
[Reu] [Shem]
[Serug] [Shem]
[Nahor] [Shem]
2400 BC - Tower of Babel
[Abraham - Ur] [Job - Uz]
[2166-1885] BC [Abraham, Isaac, Jacob] [Books: Job]
Historical Perspective - History (2000-1000 BC)
2166 BC - Abram born
2091 BC - Call of Abraham
2066 BC - Isaac born
2000 (BC) - Abraham, Sarah Grouping
2006 BC - Jacob and Esau born
2000-1500 (BC) - Jacob - 12 Tribes
1915 - Joseph born
[1885-1446] [Joseph: Prime Minister]
1876 BC - Israel settles in Egypt
1526 BC - Moses born
1450 (BC) - Moses - First Census
[1446-1406] [Moses: Leader]
1445 (BC) – Moses – Ten Commandments
1445 BC - Tabernacle built
1445-1406 BC - Laws of Moses
1407 (BC) - Moses, Second Census - Remember God, Principles for Godly living
[1406-1050] BC - [Judges: Joshua, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson]
1406 (BC) - Joshua
1406-1400 BC - Promised land conquered
1400-1380 BC - Period of the elders
1375 (BC) Judges
1209 BC - Deborah
1162 BC - Gideon
1100 BC - Ruth
1105 BC - Samuel born
1090 BC - Samson
Historical Perspective - History (1000-0 BC)
[1050-931] [United Kingdom: Samuel, Saul, Johnathan, David, Solomon]
1050 BC - Samuel
1050 (BC) (K) Saul
1043 BC - Saul anointed king
1004 (BC) - Rule of David - Early Kingdoms
1000 (BC) - (K) David
970-928 (BC) - (K) Solomon
967–960 (BC) - Temple completes
Rule of Solomon - Early Kingdoms
[931-875] BC - [North: Israel] [South: Judah] [2 Kingdoms]
930 (BC) - (S) Rehoboam - Judah
930 (BC) - (N) Jeroboam – Israel
[875] [Israel: Jeroboam I] [Judah: Rehoboam]
[875] [Israel: Ahab] [Judah: Jehoshaphat] [Books: Obadiah, Joel]
874 (BC) - (N) Ahab – King of Israel
872 (BC) - (S) Jehoshaphat – King of Judah
870 BC - Elijah the prophet
853 (BC) - (S) Jehoram
853 (BC) - (N) Ahaziah
852 (BC) - (N) Joram
852 BC - Elisha the Prophet
845 BC - Obadiah prophecy
(S) Ahaziah – 841 (BC)
(N) Jehu – 841 (BC)
(S) Joash – 835 (BC)
825 BC - Joel
(N) Jehoahaz – 814 (BC)
[790] BC - [Israel: Jeroboam II] [Judah: Uzziah] [Books: Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah]
798 (BC) - (N) Jehoash
796 (BC) - Amaziah
793 (BC) - Jeroboam II
792 (BC) - Azariah
775 BC - Jonah – God’s message is salvation for all peoples
770 BC - Prophecy of Hosea
765 BC - Prophecy of Amos
750 BC - Uzziah and Jotham
740 BC - Isaiah begins ministry
735 BC - Micah’s prophecy
[732, 726] [Judah: Hezekiah] [Books: Nahum, Zephaniah]
723-721 BC - Israel falls to Assyria
715 BC - Hezekiah becomes Judah king
701 BC - Sennacherib invades Judah
650 BC - Nahum’s prophecy
[639] BC - [Judah alone: Josiah]
635 BC - Zephaniah’s prophecy
626 BC - Jeremiah ministry
621 BC - Book of Law found
610 BC - Habakkuk
[605] BC - [Israel: Daniel: Shadrach, Meschach, Abendego]
[592] BC - [Israel: Ezekiel]
586 BC - Babylonian captures Jerusalem
[586] [Judah : Jeremiah, Haaggi, Zechariah]
584 BC - Shadrach, Meschach, Abednego
572 (BC) - Prophet: Ezekiel temple vision
552 - Daniel’s vision
541 - Daniel lions den
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job - Governor of Judah, rebuild wall
539 (BC) - King Cyrus allows Jews to return to Jerusalem
[538] [Judah: Restore Second Temple: Zerubbabel]
536 - Daniel’s last vision
[536-515] [Judah: Restore Second Temple: Haggai, Zechariah]
520 (BC) - Haggai ministered to Zerubbabel
520 (BC)- Zechariah ministered to Zerubbabel
520 (BC) - Zerubbabel - Led the first group of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon
516 BC - New temple completed
480 BC - Esther and Mordecai
479 BC - Esther becomes queen of Persia
465 BC - Malachi prophecy
[458] BC - [Judah : Chronicles, Ezra, Esther]
458 BC - Ezra returns to Jerusalem
445 BC - Nehemiah build Jerusalem wall
[444] BC - [Judah :Nehemiah, Malachi]
430 BC - Malachi becomes a prophet
425 BC - Dedication of the wall
390 BC - Aramaic begins to replace Hebrew as Jewish language
330 BC - Alexander the Great conquers Persia
255 (BC) – Hebrew Old Testament translated into Greek and called the Septugint
167 (BC) – Seleucid ruler, Antiochus IV – looted the Temple
167-166 (BC) - Mattathias Hasmoneas triggered the Maccabean rebellion the the village of Modein (20 miles from Jerusalem)
165 (BC) - Judas Maccabeus begins a revolt again Antiochus IV, because the Temple of Jerusalem was plundered
163 BC – Judas Maccabeus besieging Akra in Jerusalem in included 100,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry and 32, war elephants. Hanukkah: Maccabees Restored the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. After decisively routing the Greeks from the Land, Judah led his band of battle-hardened men to Jerusalem to restore the Holy Temple to its sacred use, which the Greeks had discontinued. They were met by a sorry sight: broken walls, overgrown courtyards, and pagan idols in God’s home. On the 25th day of Kislev (the first day of Chanukah), they rededicated the Temple, lit the menorah, offered the showbread, and resumed regular worship.
161 – Bacchide set up a base at Berroth
156 – Jonathan youngest of Mattathias son had a well trained force establish at Bethbasi near the main north south route to Jerusalem
142 (BC) – Judea became politically independent
142 (BC) Simon (High Priest)
135 (BC) John Hyrcanus I (High Priest)
Historical Perspective (1st and 10th Century)
63 BC - Pompey invades Palestine
47 BC - Cesar appoints Antipater
37 BC - Herod king of Judea
27 BC - Augustus Caesar, Pax Romana
~25 BC - Mary Jesus mother born
The Early Church (0-100 ), (New Testament)
6-4 BC - Messiah birth announced
5-3 BC - Jesus is born
4-2 BC - Wise men worship Jesus
4-2 BC - Flight to Egypt
3-1 BC - Return to Nazareth
~5 - Paul born
6-7 - Judea becomes a Roman province; Jesus visits temple as a boy
Jesus Christ - Gospels and Disciples
Matthew – disciple, clarified for Jewish audience – Matthew (Levi), Mark 2:14
Mark – John Mark, wrote Mark, traveling companion
Luke – Luke, Acts (Doctor)
John – island of Patmos – John, Revelations
Peter - recognized leader of inner three – 1,2 Peter, Matthew 16:18
Thaddeus – disciple also known as Jude son of James, Matthew 10:3
James – disciple, inner 3: Peter and John, Mark 10:35-37
James – brother of Jesus, wrote James, Acts 1:13
Andrew- disciple brother of Peter, Matthew 4:18-20
Simon – Simon the Zealot, Zealous for Jewish Law – Acts 1:13
Bartholomew – disciple, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew 10:2, John 2:27-28
Thomas – disciple, loyal and honest – Acts 1:13
Philip – 3 greatest missionaries pragmatic, sensible 2 Timothy 4:11
John the Baptist – tribe of Levi, Moses, Aaron, disciples went with Jesus
27 - John the Baptist
27 - Jesus begins ministry
28 - Opposition to Jesus
29 - Feeding of 5000
30 - Jesus and the cross
30 - Jesus resurrection
30 - Ascension of Jesus
Beginnings of Christianity
32 - Apostles: Paul, Timothy, Barnabas, John, Mattais, Joseph (Justus), Stephen
Paul – Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
30 - Holy Spirit on Pentecost
32-37 - Stephen martyred
32-37 - Saul - Paul converted
34-38 - Gentiles become Christians
45-47 - Paul’s first journey
48-50 - Jerusalem conference
Thessalonians, Titus, Philemon
Timothy – 1, 2 Timothy
Barnabas – Hebrews: Paul, Luke, Barnabas, Philip, Apollo
50 - Letter to Galatians
50-60 - James letter
50-64 - Peter’s two letters
50-51 - Paul’s second journey
51 - Letter to Thessalonians
53 - Paul’s third journey
55-57 - Letter to Corinthians
58 - Letter to Romans
58 - Paul’s arrested
58-60 - Paul’s before Felix and Festus
Acts, Early Church, Holy Spirit
North of Jerusalem east of Mediterranean Sea (Samaria)
60 - Paul’s voyage to Rome
61-63 - Paul under house arrest
61-63 - Letter to Colossians
61-63 - Letter to Philemon
61-63 - Letter to Ephesians
61-63 - Letter to Philippians
63-64 - Paul’s last travels
63-64 - First letter to Timothy
63-64 - Letter to Titus
64-67 - Paul’s final imprisonment
64-67 - Second letter to Timothy
65-70 - Writing to the Hebrews
66 - 7 years ago – Zealots in Judea rebel against Rome
66-78 – St. Linus (pope)
68 years ago – Qumran community hid their library of Bible manuscripts in a cave by the Dead Sea (discovered in 1948)
70 to 73 years ago - Masada, an ancient Hebrew fortress built on a mountaintop located southeast of Jerusalem. The Jewish Zealots, who protested Roman rule over Judea, staged their last stand against the Romans at Masada
70-100 – First four books of the New Testament – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are written
79 – St. Anacletus (Cletus)
90 - Jewish historian Flavius Josephus
91 – St. Clement I
90-95 - John’s three letters
95, 96 - Revelation to John
100 AD - Christianity in Middle East 5%
100 - John the apostle – 1,2,3 John – John writes Revelations
100 – St. Evaristus
109 – St. Alexander I
116 – St. Sixtus I
125 – St. Telesphorus
135 CE - Jerusalem Rebuilt as a Roman City
136 – St. Hyginus
142 – St. Pius I
155 – St. Anitcetus
166 – St. Soter
174 – St. Eleutherius
180 - Rotary fan (China)
189 – St. Victor I
198 – St. Zephyrinus
200 – Ptolemy – Greek geographer
217 – St. Callistus
217 – St. Hippolytus
222 – St. Urban I
235 – St. Pontian
236 – St. Anterus
250 – St. Fabian
253 – St. Cornelius
258 – St. Lucius I
274 – St. Stephen I
258 – St. Sixtus II
268 – St. Dionysus
274 – St. Felix I
283 – St. Eutychian
296 – St. Gaius
300 – Aristotle – Earth is round (circumference 25,000, diameter 8,000)
304 – St. Marcellinus
306 – St. Marcellus I
310 – St. Eusebius
312 - Emperor Constantine declares himself a Christian
313 – Emperor Constantine gave Edit of Milan granting freedom of worship to Christians
314 – St. Miltiades
330 – Constantinople founded
335 – St. Silvester I
335 CE - Church of the Holy Sepulchre Built
336 – St. Mark
352 – St. Julius I
365 – St. Felix II
366 – St. Liberius
367 – St. Ursinus
375 - Christianity official religion of Rome
379 - Italy - Rule of Emperor Theodius the Great
384 – St. Damasus I
391 - Italy - Christianity in Rome, Augustine, Christian Theology
399 - St. Siricius
400 AD - Christianity in Middle East 50%
400 – Christian Churches built in Rome, Jerusalem, Constantinople
401 – St. Anastasius I
410 - Fall of the Roman Empire
417 – St. Innocent I
418 – St. Zosimus
422 – St. Boniface
419 – St. Eulalius
432 – St. Celestine I
432 - St Patrick mission to Ireland
440 – St. Sixtus III
451 – Council of Chaceldon
461 – St. Leo I
468 – St. Hillary
483 – St. Simplicius
492 – St. Felix III
496 – St. Gelasius I
498 - Baptism of Clovis I
498 – St. Anastasius II
514 – St. Symmachus
500 - Early Middle Ages
501 – St. Lawrence
507 – France conversion of Clovis to Catholicism
523 – St. Hormisdas
526 – St. John I
527 – Emperor Justinian, Romans rule of East and West
530 - St. Felix IV
532 – St. Boniface II
532 – St Sophia (City), Constantinople
530 – St. Dioscorus
535 – St. John II
536 – St. Agapitus I
537 – St. Silverius
555 – St. Vigilius
560 – Irish missions to continent
561 – St. Pelagius I
563 – St Columba in Iona
568-774 - Lomboards in Italy
574 – St. John III
579 – St. Benedict I
580 - Iron chain suspension bridge
590 – St. Pelagius II
597 – Roman mission to England
600 - Zero - India, Arabic
604 – St. Gregory I
606 – St. Sabinian
610-641 - Heraclius of Byzantium
615 – St. Boniface III
618 – St. Boniface IV
625 – St. Deusdedit I
636 - Persian monk Alopen to Xian capital of Tang Dynasty
638 – St. Honorius I
640 – St. Severinus
642 – St. John IV
649 – St. Theodore I
649 - Pope Martin
655 - Pope Eugene
657 - Pope Vitalian
672 - Pope Adeodatus
676 - Pope Donus
678 - Pope Agatho
682 - Pope Leo
684 - Pope Benedict
685 - Pope John
686 - Pope Conon
687 - Pope Sergius
701 - Pope John
705 - Pope John
708 - Pope Sisinnius
708 - Pope Constantine
715 - Pope Gregory
731 - Pope Gregory
741 - Pope Zachary
752 - Pope Stephen
757 - Pope Paul
767 - Pope Stephen
768 - Charlemagne King of the Franks
772 - Pope Adrian
774 - Charlemagne King of the Lombards
795 - Pope Leo
800 - Charlemagne crowned Emperor of Rome and the Carolingian Renaissance
816 - Pope Stephen
817 - Pope Paschal
824 - Pope Eugene
827 - Pope Valentine
827 - Pope Gregory
844 - Pope Sergius
847 - Pope Leo
855 - Pope Benedict
858 - Pope Nicholas
867 - Pope Adrian
882 - Pope John
882 - Pope Marinus
884 - Pope Adrian
885 - Pope Stephen
891 - Pope Formosus
896 - Pope Boniface
896 - Pope Stephen
897 - Pope Romanus
897 - Pope Theodore
898 - Pope John
900 - Pope Benedict
903 - Pope Leo
904 - Pope Sergius
911 - Pope Anastasius
913 - Pope Lando
914 - Pope John
928 - Pope Leo
929 - Pope Stephen
931 - Pope John
936 - Pope Leo
939 - Pope Stephen
942 - Pope Marinus
946 - Pope Agapetus
955 - Pope John
963 - Pope Leo
964 - Pope Benedict
965 - Pope John
973 - Pope Benedict
974 - Pope Benedict
983 - Pope John
985 - Pope John
996 - Pope Gregory
999 - Pope Sylvester
Historical Perspective (11st and 12th Century)
Christian Middle Ages
Jerusalem, Church of Holy Sepulcher
Sistine Chapel
England, Norway
700 AD - Christianity in Middle East 30%
1000 AD - Christianity in Middle East 20%
1000 - High Middle Ages
1003 - Pope John
1009 - Pope Sergius
1012 - Pope Benedict
1024 - Pope John
1032 - Pope Benedict
1046 - Pope Sylvester
1047 - Pope Benedict
1048 - Pope Damasus
1049 - Pope Leo
1054 – Catholic Pope Leo IX – splits and Roman Catholic Pope and Eastern Orthodox Pope – patriarch of Constantinople
1055 - Pope Victor
1056 - Henry IV
1057 - Pope Stephen
1058 - Pope Nicholas
1061 - Pope Alexander
1066 - William in England
1073 - Pope Gregory
1080 – Tower of London
1086 - Pope Victor
1088 - Pope Urban
1095 – First Crusade by Pope Urban II
1099 - Pope Pascal
1099 - First Crusaders Capture Jerusalem
1118 - Pope Gelasius
1119 - Pope Callistus
1124 - Pope Honorius
1130 - Pope Innocent
1143 - Pope Celestine
1144 - Pope Lucius
1145 - Pope Blessed Eugene
1145 – Second Crusade
1153 - Pope Anastasius
1154 - Pope Adrian
1159 - Pope Alexander
1179 – Lateran Council III
1181 - Pope Lucius
1185 - Pope Urban
1187 - Saladin Captures Jerusalem from Crusaders
1187 - Pope Gregory
1187 - Pope Clement
1189 – Third Crusade King Richard I “Lion heart” recaptured coastal towns and forts
1191 - Pope Celestine
1194 – Chartres Cathedral built
1198 - Pope Innocent
1200 - Gregorian Reform
1200 - 12th Century Renaissance
1206-1368 - Franciscan-Mongol
1209 – Franciscan order approved
1209–1211 - Aliyah of 300 Rabbis in Israel
1212 – King Frederick II of Sicily
1215 – England: Magna Carta - King John
1215 – Paris university receives first statues
1216 - Pope Honorius
1224-74 – Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher and theologian
1226 – Louis IX
1227 - Pope Gregory
1228 - 6th Crusade in Jerusalem
1229-1244 - Crusaders Briefly Recapture Jerusalem Two Times
1241 - Pope Celestine
1243 - Pope Innocent
1248 – Crusade of 1248 led by Louis IX
Historical Perspective (13th, and 14th, Century)
1254 - Pope Alexander
1261 - Pope Urban
1265 - Pope Clement
1267 - The prominent Jewish scholar Rabbi Moses Ben Nahman arrived in Jerusalem. Finding only a handful of Jews, he retrieved a Torah scroll, gathered families from surrounding villages, and founded the Ramban Synagogue. This foundational event marked the definitive anchor of the 700-year continuous presence.
1269 - Westminster Abbey built
1271 - Pope Gregory
1276 - Pope Innocent
1276 - Pope Adrian
1276 - Pope John
1277 - Pope Nicholas
1281 - Pope Martin
1285 - Pope Honorius
1288 - Pope Nicholas
1294 - Pope Celestine
1294 - Pope Boniface
1300 - Late Middle Ages, Kingdoms, Renaissance, Baroque (13th, 14th Century)
1303 - Pope Benedict
1305 - Pope Clement
1309 – The Roman Catholic papacy is in Avigonon, France
1316 - Pope John
1334 - Pope Benedict
1342 - Pope Clement
1352 - Pope Innocent
1362 - Pope Urban
1370 - Pope Gregory
1345 - Notre Dame Cathedral built
1375 - The Renaissance - A new view of humanity
1378 - Pope Urban
1380 - John Wycliffe with his plans for a translation of the English Bible.
1389 - Pope Boniface
1400 - Classical Renaissance
1404 - Pope Innocent
1406 - Pope Gregory
1415 – Council of Constance
1417 - Pope Martin
1419 - Henry the Navigator begins a period of African explorations
1431 - Pope Eugene
1431 – Joan of Arc
1447 - Pope Nicholas
1450 - Printing press with movable type - Johann Gutenberg, 1454 - The first printing press. Before only a few thousand handwritten texts existed across Europe. Inspired by the growing demand for lower cost books, Johannes Gutenberg, Gutenburg press
1453 - Hundred Year War ends
1455 - Pope Callistus
1458 - Pope Pius
1464 - Pope Paul
1471 - Pope Sixtus
1484 - Pope Innocent
1492 - Christopher Columbus was born in Italy, and commissioned from Spain to find America
1492 - Pope Alexander
Historical Perspective (15th and 16th Century)
Reformation - New World, Discovery, Exploration (15th, 16th Century) - Explorers
1500 - Christianity in Middle East 10%
1500 - The Reformation Shatters Religious Unity
1500 - The Age of Exploration
1500 - Colonialism - Legacy of the Explorers
1503 - Pope Pius
1503 - Pope Julius
1507 - First world map of America is produced
1509 – John Calvin, leader of Protestants in France
1513 - Pope Leo
1517 - Ottoman Empire Captures Jerusalem
1517 - Early Hebrew Bible
1517 - Martin Luther's 95 Thesis
1519 - Magellan's expedition – circumnavigation
1521 - Ferdinand Magellan brought Catholic priests and performed the first baptisms in the Philippines. They arrived in Cebu with the expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi to begin the formal Christianization of the islands.
1522 - Pope Adrian
1542-1773 - Jesuit
1523 - Pope Clement
1534 - King Henry VII founds Church of England
1534 - John Calvin begins Reformation
1534 - Pope Paul
1545 - Council of Trent - Catholic Counter-Reformation
1549 – The first Christian movement to Japan
1550 - Pope Julius
1555 - Pope Marcellus
1555 - Pope Paul
1559 - Pope Pius
1560 - John Knox setup Church of Scotland
1565 - The first official Catholic missionaries to arrive in the Philippines were Spanish Augustinian friars led by Father Andrés de Urdaneta
1566 - Pope Pius
1572 - Pope Gregory
1582: Julian Calendar -> Gregorian Calendar (Pope Gregory)
1582: Jesuit Matte Ricci is the first missionary to be sent to China
1585 - Pope Sixtus
1590 - Pope Urban
1590 - Pope Gregory
1591 - Pope Innocent
1592 - Pope Clement
Historical Perspective (17th and 18th Century)
Age of Enlightenment / Encyclopedia / Age of Revolution (17th, 18th Century)
1604 - King James Bible
1605 - Pope Leo
1605 - Pope Paul
1621 - Pope Gregory
1622 - Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith for Roman Catholic missions and established missionary training institutions
1623 - Pope Urban
1644 - Pope Innocent
1649 – Terra Australis – European map of the world
1650 - Age of Enlightenment - Theater - The World as a Stage
1655 - Pope Alexander
1667 - Pope Clement
1670 - Pope Clement
1676 - Pope Blessed Innocent
1681 - John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
1689 - Pope Alexander
1691 - Pope Innocent
1700 - Pope Clement
1700 - New England Puritans: Missions to American Indians
1703 – John Wesley, English founder of the Methodist Church
1705 - Danish Halle Mission
1706-1950 - Protestant
1721 - Pope Innocent
1724 - Pope Benedict
1730 - Pope Clement
1730 - Great Awakening in Colonial America
1730 - Jonathan Edwards
1730 - George Whitfield
1734 - Moravian Missions
1740 - Pope Benedict
1756: The Vatican Museum, Rome
1758 - Pope Clement
1760 - John Wesley and Methodists in America
1769 - Pope Clement
1775 - Pope Pius
1783 Catholicism in Korea: Yi Seung-hun was sent to Beijing where he was baptism and established the first Korean Catholic church. Christianity in Korea
1790 - The Second Great Awakening
1792 - William Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society
1793 – The Louvre Museum, Paris
Historical Perspective (18th and 19th Century)
Continental America - Industrial Revolution/ Musical Romanticism (18th century, 19th Century)
1800 - Pope Pius
1810 - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
1814 - Baptist Denomination for Foreign Missions
1816 - United Foreign Missionary Society
1823 - Pope Leo
1829 - Pope Pius
1831 - Pope Gregory
1846 - Pope Pius
1850 - Third Great Awakening
1861 - Charles Spurgeon preached his first sermon in the newly built Metropolitan Tabernacle at Newington (sitting approximately 6,000 people), which became his permanent base of operations for the rest of his ministry.
1867 - British engineer Charles Warren explored the ancient City of David in Jerusalem during his 1867 excavations and discovered the famous underground water passage now known as Warren's Shaft.
1870 - Christmas US federal holiday
1878 - Pope Leo
1884 - Protestantism in Korea: Horace Allen, Horace G. Underwood, an American Presbyterian missionary and a Methodist Episcopal, Henry G. Appenzeller from the United States.
1886 - Statue of Liberty
1886 - Dwight L Moody founded the Moody Bible Institute
1889 - Matrix of Liberty Monument
Historical Perspective (20st and 21st Century)
The Mechanical Age, The Digital Age, Modern Age (20th Century)
1900 AD - Christianity in Middle East 13%
1900 - 9 million African Christians
1900 - 28 million Asian Christians
1900 - 600 million Christians world wide
1903 - Pope Pius
1904 - Welsh Revival (1904–1905): Led by Evan Roberts, this intense period of prayer and confession in Wales led to roughly 100,000 conversions and heavily influenced global Pentecostal movements.
1905 - Albert Einstein published e=mc2
1906 - Azusa Street Revival (1906–1909): Hosted in Los Angeles, California by William J. Seymour, this racial and cultural melting pot served as the primary catalyst for the modern global Pentecostal-charismatic movement.
1907 - Great Korean Revival (1907): Known as the Great Korean Revival, intense repentance and all-night prayer meetings in Korea laid the foundational growth for the modern East Asian church.
1910 - The World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh
1910 - Completion of the first Korean Bible
1914 - WWI - League of Nations
1914 - Pope Benedict
1917 - British Capture Jerusalem in World War I
1917 - Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, supporting a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
1919 - 1939 - The developing Jewish community (Yishuv) about 35,000 came between 1919 and 1923, mainly from Russia.
1920 - League of Nations - 14 Points - 48 countries had joined
1920 - Christian Radio - The Dawn of Christian Broadcasting (1920–1929)
1921 - International Missionary Council - IMC
1922 - Pope Pius
1924 - Another 60,000 Jews, primarily from Poland, arrived between 1924 and 1932
1924 - Oswald Chambers published My Utmost for His Highest
1928 - WWI - League of Nations
1928 - The World Missionary Conference at Jerusalem
1929 - Jews and Arabs in Palestine
1930 - Christian Radio Going National and Global (1930–1949)
1930 - East African Revival (1930s–1940s): Also called the Balokole (the "saved ones"), this movement swept through Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya, emphasizing deep personal honesty, repentance, and breaking down racial barriers in the church.
1931 - Christ the Redeemer Statue
1931 - Rockefeller Christmas Tree
1938 - The World Missionary Conference at Madras
1939-1945 - WWII - United Nations
1939 - Pope Pius
1945 - Yalta Conference- World War II ends
1946 - League of Nations replaces by United Nations
1947 - The World Missionary Conference at Whitby
1947 - Separate Jewish and Arab States
1947 - Dead Sea Scrolls fill in gaps in biblical history
1947 - Billy Graham at the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was attended by 6,000 people.
1948 - Independent Israel Jewish state declared
1948 - UN Human Rights - Declaration of Human Rights
1948 - Israeli Civilization - Ashkenazim – Jewish from Central, Germany, and Eastern Europe
1949 - President Chaim Weizmann (Israel - 1949) President of the World Zionist Organization (1920)
1949 - Billy Graham scheduled a series of revival meetings in Los Angeles, for which he erected circus tents in a parking lot.
1950 - Christian Radio Modern Growth and Expansion (1950s–Present)
1952 - The World Missionary Conference at Willingen
1953 - Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
1953 - Billy Graham held crusades in London that lasted 12 weeks
1954 - Prime Minister Moshe Sharett (Israel 1954-1955)
1954 - Argentine Revival (1954 and 1980s): Marked by large open-air evangelistic campaigns (notably under leaders like Carlos Annacondia later on), this shifted Argentina's spiritual climate and accelerated evangelical growth across Latin America.
1955 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Israel - 1955-1963)
1955 - Jonas Salk - polio vaccine
1956 - Christianity Today started
1957 - The World Missionary Conference at Ghana
1957 - Billy Graham held a crusade in New York City crusade at Madison Square Garden, ran nightly for 16 weeks.
1958 - Pope John
1959 - Israel drip irrigation
1960 - Theodore Maiman - Laser
1960 - Fourth Great Awakening
1960 - Jesus Movement (Late 1960s–1970s): Emerging from the counterculture youth scene on the West Coast of the United States, this revival blended contemporary music, informal worship, and massive beach baptisms.
1961 - IMC becomes the Division of World Missionary Conference and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches
1963 - Prime Minister Levi Eshkol (Israel 1963-1969)
1963 - Pope Paul
1963 to 1965: Israeli archaeologist Yigael Yadin excavated Masada, an ancient Hebrew fortress built on a mountaintop located southeast of Jerusalem. The Jewish Zealots, who protested Roman rule over Judea, staged their last stand against the Romans at Masada from ad 70 to 73.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1965 - Timor Revival (1965): Occurring on the island of Timor in Indonesia, this movement featured remarkable reported healings and large-scale community transformations that grew the local church exponentially.
1966 - The English-language The Jerusalem Bible was first published on July 4, 1966
1967 - Israel Victory - Six Day War
1969 - Prime Minister Golda Meir (Israel - 1969-1974)
1971 - New American Standard Bible
1973 - Billy Graham led his largest-ever evangelistic crusade in Seoul, South Korea, in 1973, drawing an estimated 3.2 million total attendees over five days. About 75,000 people made a decision to follow Christ, helping spark a major growth era for churches in the region.
1973 rally - Billy Graham attended by 100,000 people, in Durban, South Africa
1974 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel - 1974)
1974 - The Praise Series Era (1974–1999) Maranatha! Music
1977 - Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel - 1977-1983)
1978 - Pope John Paul I, II
1978 - New International Version Bible
1979 - Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1979 - Camp David Accords
1979 - The Jesus Film movie based off Gospel of Luke
1980 - (Jerusalem Zion, Israel) Old City of David, Yigal Shiloh uncovered an Iron Age palace of the 10th century (BC), a major building of the era of David and Solomon (Near city of David, Solomon Temple)
1981 - Super-book Original Series
1983 - Billy Graham award Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan
1983 - Israel Space Agency
1985 - The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
1986 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir (Israel - 1986- 1992)
1988 - Shavit rocket launched
1988 - PC Study Digital Bible
1988 - Nest Family Entertainment cartoons
1989 - Quick-verse Digital Bible
1989 - New Revised Standard Bible
1990 - Israeli Civilization - Ashkenazic Jews immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union
1990 - Shavit rocket launched
1990 - Henry Blackaby published Experiencing God
1990 - Wow Music Series Era (1990 - 2019)
1992 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel - 1992-1995) 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace
1992 - Moscow one-quarter of the 155,000 people in Billy Graham's audience went forward at his call.
1993 - Oslo Accords
1993 - Holocaust Museum
1995 - Prime Minister Shimon Peres (Israel - 1995-1996)
1995 - Shavit rocket launched
1995- Billy Graham during the Global Mission event, he preached a sermon at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1996 - Billy Graham awarded Congressional Gold Medal
1995 - Great American Family Media
1996 - New Living Translation Bible
1998 - Larry Page and Sergei Brin early Google technology
1999 - Prime Minister Ehud Barak (Israel - 1999-2001)
2000 - Christianity in Middle East 9%
2000 - 380 million African Christians
2000s – Christian Radio — Digital Transition - Satellite XM and Streaming
2001 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (Israel - 2001-2006)
2001 - English Standard Version Bible
2001 - September 11
2003 - US takes down Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq
2003 - The Gospel of John movie
2004 - Passion of the Christ movie
2004 - Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg (Harvard University)
2005 - Pope Benedict
2005 - Billy Graham in New York City, he had preached 417 live crusades, including 226 in the US and 195 abroad his last crusade.
2005 - Ashkelon desalination plant
2005 - Google buys YouTube
2005 - Pure Flix Entertainment
2006 - Palmachim desalination plant
2006 - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (Israel - 2006-2009)
2009 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel - 2009)
2009 - Hadera desalination plant
2009 - Glo Bible Software
2010 - Christianity in Middle East 5%
2011 - Super-book New Series
2011 - Israel Iron Dome
2011 - Toppled Muammar Gaddafi in Libya
2011 - US takes down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
2013 - Pope Francis
2013 - Sorek desalination plant
2015 - Israeli Civilization - Sephardim – Spain
2016 - King-stone Bible - Graphic Novel Bible
2017 - The Museum of the Bible
2018 - US Embassy in Jerusalem
2018 - Africa is the continent with most Christians with 599 million Christians
2019 - The Chosen was released
2020 - Abraham accords
2020 - Compassion reaches $1 billion
2021 - Goodwill reaches $1 billion
2021 - Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion
2022 - 2.56 billion people will identify as a Christian by the middle of 2022.
2022 - Africa has 631 million Christians currently reside in Africa and they make up 45 percent of the population.
2022 - Latin America is, estimated to have 601 million Christians, they make up the majority of the continent at 92 percent.
2022 - Europe at 571 million, making up 77 percent of the population.
2022 - Asia has 383 million Christians in Asia. Philippines are at 90 percent Christian.
2022 - North America is fifth with 277 million Christians who make up 76 percent of the continent's population.
2022 - Oceania has 29 million Christians, which accounts for 71 percent of the people living there.
2023 - World Vision reaches $1 billion
2023 - October 7th - Israel vs Hamas
2023 - 50th Anniversary Event (June 2023): Franklin Graham preached to a crowd of roughly 70,000 people at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. This event commemorated the historic 1973 Seoul Crusade held by Billy Graham at Yoido Plaza, which drew a staggering 1.1 million attendees on its final day.
2024 - Total estimated charitable giving in the U.S. reached $557.16 billion in 2024.
2025 - Pope Leo
2025 - Museum of Christian and Gospel Music
2025 - Israel operation Rising Lion
2025 - US operation Midnight Hammer
2025 - 734 million African Christians
2025 - YouVersion Bible downloaded 1 billion times. The Holy Bible is available in 2463 languages.
2025 - Total estimated charitable giving in the U.S. reached $617 billion in 2025.
2025 - Israel Iron Beam
2026 - The total equity market capitalization of all companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is approximately NIS 2.4 trillion (roughly $600 billion USD to $800 billion USD depending on exchange rates).
2026 - Israel household wealth NIS 7.4 trillion (approx. $2.32 trillion USD) according to Bank of Israel figures.
2026 - Jewish Calendar Year 5786 Rosh Hashanah
2026 - America Reads the Bible, America 250
2027 - The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is convening the landmark Asian-Pacific Congress on Evangelism in Sydney, Australia, from August 24–27, 2027, bringing together 2,500 Christian leaders from 50 nations. Sydney, Australia, the event aims to unite 2,500 leaders from 50 countries to reignite outreach across the Asia-Pacific region.
2025 - Top 10 Christian Countries:
1 U.S. 219M 63.0%
2 Brazil 169M 80-91%
3 Mexico 118M 95.0%
4 Nigeria 109M 45.9%
5 DRC 105M 85.9%
6 Philippines 100M 91.5%
7 Ethiopia 91M 67.3%
8 China 72M 5.1%
9 South Africa 56M 80.9%
10 Kenya 49M 85.5%
Several countries around the world with a population that is 90% or more Christian. Many of these are located in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Oceania.
Vatican City: 100% Christian
Romania: ~99% Christian
Moldova: ~99.6% Christian
Lesotho: ~90% Christian
East Timor: ~97% Christian
Paraguay: ~96% Christian
Papua New Guinea: ~97% Christian
Philippines: ~ 91.5% Christian
Armenian: ~92.6% Christian
Micronesia: ~98.7 Christian
Zambia: ~95% Christian
Greece: ~93% Christian
Malta: ~92% Christian
Tonga: ~98.9% Christian
Armenia: ~98.5% Christian
Namibia: ~97.6% Christian
Marshall Islands: ~97.5% Christian
Moldova: ~97.5% Christian
Solomon Islands: ~97.5% Christian
Samoa : ~97.3% Christian
Kiribati: ~97.0% Christian
Lesotho: ~96.8% Christian
Grenada: ~96.6% Christian
Guatemala: ~95.2% Christian
Barbados: ~95.2% Christian
Mexico : ~95.0% Christian
Iceland : ~95.0% Christian
Portugal: ~94.7% Christian
St. Kitts and Nevis: ~94.6% Christian
Dominica: ~94.4% Christian
Poland: ~94.3% Christian
Aruba: ~94.2% Christian
Guam: ~94.2% Christian
Burundi: ~94.1% Christian
Ecuador: ~94.1% Christian
Ireland: ~94.1% Christian
Seychelles: ~94.0% Christian
Bolivia: ~93.9% Christian
Montenegro: ~93.8% Christian
Serbia: ~93.5% Christian
Croatia: ~93.4% Christian
Rwanda: ~93.4% Christian
Vanuatu: ~93.3% Christian
Antigua and Barbuda: ~93.0% Christian
Panama: ~93.0% Christian
Colombia: ~92.5% Christian
Turks and Caicos Islands: ~92.1% Christian
Liechtenstein: ~91.9% Christian
San Marino: ~91.6% Christian
St. Lucia: ~91.1% Christian
Costa Rica: ~90.9% Christian
Several countries around the world with a population that is 80% or more Christian.
Brazil: ~80-91% Christian
Republic of the Congo: ~85.9% Christian
Ethiopia: ~85% Christian
Italy: ~83% Christian
Angola: ~88.2% Christian
El Salvador: ~88.2% Christian
Dominican Republic: ~88.9% Christian
Gibraltar: ~88.8% Christian
Equatorial Guinea: ~88.7% Christian
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: ~88.7% Christian
Honduras: ~87.6% Christian
Réunion: ~87.6% Christian
Eswatini (listed as Swaziland): ~87.5% Christian
Belize: ~87.2% Christian
Palau: ~86.7% Christian
Uganda: ~86.7% Christian
Slovakia: ~86.5% Christian
Norway: ~86.2% Christian
Monaco: ~86.0% Christian
Nicaragua: ~85.9% Christian
Liberia: ~85.6% Christian
Argentina: ~85.2% Christian
Bulgaria: ~84.1% Christian
Ukraine: ~83.8% Christian
Denmark: ~83.1% Christian
Austria: ~83.0% Christian
Switzerland: ~82.9% Christian
Hungary: ~82.7% Christian
Malawi : ~82.7% Christian
São Tomé and Príncipe: ~82.1% Christian
Finland : ~81.6% Christian
South Africa: ~80.9% Christian
Map of Christianity in the Middle East
Israel Jewish • 74.7%
Armenian Apostolic Christian • 92.6% - 2.8M
Lebanon Christians • 36.2% - 1.8M
Kuwait Christians • 18.2% - 458K
Qatar Christian • 13.8% - 26.3K
Egyptian Christian • 10%
Syria Christian • 10% - 1.8M
Bahrain Christian • 9.3% - 185K
UAE Christian • 9%
Saudi Arabia - 1.5M
Iran - 1.5M
Iraq - 500K
Israel Population Total =~ 10.24 million
Christian Population Total =~ 10.5 million
Today, 400,000 missionaries are deployed around the world.
The United States is the number one missionary-sending country, deploying roughly 127,000 of those missionaries.
Brazil comes in at number two. Each year, about 38,000 Brazilians travel around the world for the Gospel.
South Korea: About 35,000 missionaries. The South Korean church has a long tradition of prioritizing prayer and active global church planting.
Philippines: Roughly 25,000 missionaries.
Nigeria: Around 20,000 missionaries.