How Christian Religion Became A World Religion Summary

The main purpose of this book is to explain how the Christian religion became a world religion. The author, Dana L. Robert, begins Christian Mission with the life and times of Christ in Jerusalem and how this led to the formation of the Catholic Empire. Next, Robert goes on to explain how missions, both catholic and protestant, came about and began to grow throughout the world. Then, the reader learns about the awakening as well as the struggles and conflicts within the global spreading of Christianity. After this, Robert shows that the world of missions is significantly influenced by the political and sociocultural world. The postscript demonstrates the true meaning of missions in a global, postcolonial age through the telling of the gospel

The history of Christianity can be viewed as a movement, instead of a set of doctrines, or as a historical process involving cross cultural and linguistic boundaries brought upon followers of Christ Jesus. These followers are a part of something called mission. The idea of mission is closely associated with the Greek verb “to send” or apostellein. Thus came about apostles, or missionaries, those who were sent to tell the Good News. As Christianity developed, bishops became the ones who were overseers and local leaders of social services, including giving to the poor. They were the first to be tortured and executed for their faith. The first papal mission began under the Roman Empire in AD 596. This caused the shaping of European Christendom and expansion of missionary actions making a profound impact on the identity of Christian

Chapter three explains the effects of organizations geared toward the transformation and up bringing of kids and young adults. One of the major organizations is the SVM -Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions – which encouraged many people to become foreign missionaries by a balanced program of spiritual and physical discipline. This spread rapidly to missions in Africa and Latin American. Furthermore, in the twenty-first century, Asia has become a major contributor to the missionary work in many countries. For example, the first public Christian worship gathering began in China after the Cultural Revolution in 1979. China has become the largest western “mission field.” A few years ago, it was estimated that there are somewhere between 40,000 to 80,000 Indians workers spreading the gospel to other ethnic groups. These are only some examples of how Christianity has expanded. Today, Christianity exists in every country in the world that allows religious