Before Islam became the dominant religion in North Africa, the region was a thriving center of early Christianity — and the birthplace of several Catholic popes whose influence still resonates today.
Calvin College: Missionary Christianity and Local Religion American Evangelicalism in North India, 1836-1870
Pew Research Center: 12. Religion in the Middle East and North Africa
As of 2020, the Middle East-North Africa region – the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – is home to 440 million people, up 24% since 2010. Muslims make up the vast majority of the ...
For nearly two millennia, Christianity expanded outward from a small Jewish sect in the eastern Roman Empire to become the world’s largest religion. Imperial endorsement in the 4th century, medieval ...
Trace the origin of Christianity, exploring how the early Jewish Jesus movement evolved into a Gentile faith, from the conversion of Cornelius to the divide seen in the Didache and Epistle of Barnabas.
When did Christianity begin to spread? Explore new archaeological discoveries of the earliest churches—from Jerusalem to Laodicea—that reveal how the faith grew.
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Archaeology at Emesa (modern Homs in Syria) reveals the gradual transformation of the Temple of the Sun into a Christian site, shedding light on the early spread of Christianity described in the Acts of the Apostles.
In this publication from BAS, top Biblical scholars examine the controversial role of Jewish law and tradition in early Christianity. Paul, the apostle who wrote