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Toward the end of the first century C.E., Jesus Christ directed letters to seven congregations in Asia Minor by means of the apostle John. These letters, to congregations in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, reveal that Christians in this part of Asia Minor were then facing various dangers, such as immorality, sectarianism, and apostasy
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Christianity was founded in 30 A.D. in Judea, which is now known as Isreal.
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In Asia Minor dates back to Pentecost 33 C.E. a multilingual crowd that included Diaspora Jews (Jews who lived outside Palestine) and Jewish proselytes assembled in Jerusalem. Jesus’ apostles preached the good news to these visitors. About 3,000 listeners accepted the message and were baptized.
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It is said that Thomas, and apostol, traveld and ventured to India to spread the word of Jesus Christ and Christianity in 53 A.D.
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Armenia is the first Asian nation to adopt Christianity as a state religioun
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The Christians of Mesopotamia and Iran were organized under several bishops, and were present at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD
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Georgia is the second Asian nathion to adopt Christianity as a state religioun
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Christianity was first intorduced into the Mongols in the 7th century. the founder of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan (1162–1227) was very supportful of the spread of christianity. His sons were married to Christian princesses, and his grandson, Möngke Khan (1205–1259), later ruler of the empire, strongly influenced the spread and belief of Christianity.
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A Christian mission under the leadership of the priest Alopen was known to have arrived in 635, where he and his followers received an Imperial Edict allowing for the establishment of a church.
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The Polos from Italy traveld to China. Before returning, they instructed teachers of religion and education to go to China and the rest of Asia to teach of Europes fait.
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Christianity was first introduced to Vietnam in the 16th century mostly as Roman Cathlicism.
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Francis Xavier, a Jesuit priest, arrived in Japan. His willingness to suffer resulted in thousands of conversions in just two short years. Unfortunately, the Church soon adopted some extreme methods to advance itself, including the introduction of Buddhist and Shinto religious elements into Christian worship. The shoguns were also eventually persuaded that Christianity was an attempt to soften them up for European conquest.
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The practice of Christianity in Korea revolves around two of its largest branches, Protestantism and Catholicism. Roman Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period. In 1603, Yi Gwang-jeong, Korean diplomat, returned from Beijing carrying several theological books written by Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China.[3] He began disseminating the information in the books and the first seeds of Christianity.
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In 1626, Christianity was banned in Japan. For the next 250 years, Japan closed its door to the rest of the world.
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In 1758 King Yeongjo of Joseon officially outlawed Catholicism as an evil practice.
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Roman Catholicism was again introduced in 1785 by Yi Seung-hun. Korean Christians were subject to persecution and hardship.
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In the 1800s Commodore Perry of the US Navy forced Japan into signing an agreement that Japan’s isolation came to an end. And in 1859 the first 7 Protestant missionaries arrived in Japan.
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The organized work of United Bible Societies in Vietnam began in 1890.
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The earliest known references to Christian communities in Central Asia is from a writing by Bar Daisan around 196 AD: "Nor do our sisters among the Gilanians and Bactrians have any intercourse with strangers". The spread of Christianity in Central Asia seems to have been facilitated by the great diffusion of Greek in the region as well as Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ
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Christianity continued to thrive, and in 781 A.D. a stone stele arose in Tang capitol of Chang-an, which recorded 150 years of Emperor-supported Christianity in China.
