The Great Schism of 1054: When One Church Became Two
In 1054, the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated each other. What happened, and what does it mean fo…
Church History
Stories from 2,000 years of the Christian faith
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William Tyndale: The Man Who Died So You Could Read Your Bible
When William Tyndale declared that a ploughboy would one day know the Scriptures better than the Pope, it was considered…
The Council of Nicaea: How the Church Defined Jesus
In AD 325, bishops from across the Roman Empire gathered to settle the most consequential theological debate in church h…
The Ecumenical Councils: Seven Decisions That Shaped Christian Doctrine
The Nicene Creed you recite at church was not handed down from heaven — it was hammered out at a council of bishops in 3…
The Protestant Reformation in Africa: How It Reached Nigeria
The Reformation that began in 16th-century Europe reached West Africa centuries later — carried by missionaries, vernacu…
Africa's Earliest Christians: The Church in Ethiopia Before Europe
Long before Christianity reached Britain, Germany, or Scandinavia, the gospel had already taken deep root in Africa. The…
William Wilberforce: The Bible That Fuelled an Abolitionist
William Wilberforce spent 46 years in Parliament fighting to end the British slave trade. His secret weapon was not poli…
The Council of Nicaea: The Meeting That Defined Christian Belief
In AD 325, bishops gathered at Nicaea to answer one question: was Jesus truly God? The answer they gave still shapes Chr…
The Reformation at 500: What Luther's Stand Means for African Christians
Martin Luther's stand in 1517 recovered a truth the Church had obscured: we stand before God by grace through faith alon…