History Of Missions

  • 33

    Christ's Death

  • Period: 64 to 303

    Roman Persecutions

    Persecutions of the Christians from the time of Nero to the time of Diocletian
  • 165

    Justin Martyrs Death

  • 313

    Edict of Milan

    Popularized "Christianity within the Roman world. It was no longer an outlawed religion, but it was now politically expedient to become a Christian.
  • 432

    Patricks death

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  • Period: 1212 to 1534

    Beginning of the Monastic Orders

    This time period saw the development of the Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine, and Jesuit orders within the Catholic church.
  • 1467

    Origin of the Moravians

    These were not true believers when they were founded. Philip Spencer was the founder of Pietism which taught the importance of personal conversion.
  • 1555

    Calvin sends Preachers and Colonists to Brazil

  • Brethren Church

    George Fox rounds the Bretheren Church
  • Founding University of Halle

    Largest divinity school in Germany. They trained some 6000 Pietist clergy.
  • Count Zinzendorf establishes Hernhut

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  • Moravians

    Moravian Missionaries begin their work in the Virgin Islands.
  • David Brainard

    This is the beginning of his work with the native americans.
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    William Carey

    William Carey's time in India.
  • Founding of the London Mission Society

  • Founding of the Church Mission Society

  • Moffat Arrives in Africa

  • Period: to

    David Livingstone in Africa

  • Hudson Taylor Arrives in China

  • First Protestant Missionaries in Korea

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    Chalmers ministers in the South Seas

  • Cambridge Seven Sail for China

  • Beginning of the student volunteer movement

  • Johnathan and Rosalin Goforth arrive in China