Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III converted to Christianity. The octagonal shape of the building wasn’t common in the immediate area, but it was ...
A quest for prestige coupled with the desire to celebrate one’s favorite saint fueled the construction of hundreds of churches in the land of Israel, and in the greater Near East region during Late ...
A team of Israeli archaeologists has discovered a sixth-century Byzantine church with highly decorated mosaic floors. The Civil Administration’s Archaeology Unit, which oversees historical sites in ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a long-lost early Christian community, which sheds new light on the religion's history. Excavations conducted in the village of Samahij, Bahrain, between 2019 ...
Because most of history relies heavily on literary records written by men, discovering reliable historical data about Christian women can be challenging. This search is further complicated by the fact ...
The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think. Lately, Christians have cast their minds and social media musings back to the early church on the topics of singleness ...
A 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel may be the legendary "Church of the Apostles" built above the traditional home of Peter and Andrew, two early ...
Aquila and Priscilla were a First Century power couple who played key roles in the establishment of the Christian Church just after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Revs. Mike Atkins and James J.
Christianity is, if nothing else, one of the most successful cultural phenomenons in all of human history, and still powerfully shapes the world. But in many ways, this is happening reactively in much ...
David T. King, a Reformed Protestant pastor and apologist, made the following extraordinary statement in his self-published book, Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith: No Church father ...
Women's History Month is a great time to celebrate the "mothers" of our Christian church. Until recently, few realized that early female believers shaped our church's future no less than their ...