Course Description:

This course is designed to explore Church History and its influence on both contemporary church developments as well as our own church tradition.

This course has the following objectives for students:

1. To gain an understanding of the basic trajectories and issues of Church History.
2. To develop the ability to think critically about current church practices against the backdrop of Church History.
3. To demonstrate this evaluation and communicate fluently in a final paper.

Required Readings:

Shelley, Bruce L., Church History in Plain Language (Chapters 1-16 & 24-35)

Allen, C. Leonard & Hughes, Richard T., Discovering Our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ

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