30 Key Moments in the History of Christianity: Inspiring True Stories from the Early Church Around the World

Discover 30 Remarkably Diverse Stories from the First Thousand Years of the Church
- Encouraging, inspirational, challenging, and convicting true stories of the global church
- Sheds light on Western and non-Western church history through stories from a wide variety of cultural, social, and political contexts
- Offers invaluable insights for our times


For many Christians, our understanding of the history of the church universal jumps straight from what we read in the New Testament to a basic understanding of the Reformation. We’re missing more than a millennium! And it was a busy, fascinating, tumultuous thousand-or-so years during which Christianity spread across three continents. In places as distant and different from each other as China, Sudan, and Britain, the gospel was spreading, the church was growing, and believers were expressing their faith in myriad ways.

In this inspiring book, you’ll learn about 30 key moments in the history of Christianity that illuminate the incredible diversity and unity of the faith. Combining a global scope with intimate storytelling, professor Mark W. Graham challenges you to expand your knowledge of Christian history and your appreciation for cultural and political differences among believers. The result will be a wider view of the church, a deeper understanding of other expressions of the faith around the world, and a greater connection to the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us.

Mark W. Graham is chair of the history department at Grove City College, where he has taught numerous classes on the premodern world for more than two decades. He also taught at a university in Yanji, China. As an affiliated faculty with Centro di Conservazione Archeologica, Mark has worked on archaeological projects and sites in Sardinia, Corinth, and Rome. He also helped excavate the Byzantine emperor Justinian’s church in Carthage. He earned his doctorate in history at Michigan State University. Graham has been an elder in his local Presbyterian church for over a decade and serves on several committees in his presbytery.