Teaching church history in the local congregation

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Brent Klein. Teaching Church History In the Local Congregation. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/175be8cd-3b53-467c-8193-e17235e5d985?q=2019.

B. Klein. Teaching church history in the local congregation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/175be8cd-3b53-467c-8193-e17235e5d985?q=2019

Brent Klein. Teaching Church History In the Local Congregation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/175be8cd-3b53-467c-8193-e17235e5d985?q=2019.

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Using Church History: An Essential Guide, by Justo Gonzalez1 as the primary text and by means of a Bible study, study guides, and presentations on various historical events, over a ten-week period, the participants were led through a brief study of the twothousand-year history of the New Testament Church. The purposes of the project are to 1) teach the participants significant events of the Church’s past beyond what they have learned from Acts, certain events of the Reformation era, and the events that have occurred in their lifetimes; 2) help them see that God has guided the events of history for the benefit of the Gospel and His Church; and 3) help them find assurance and guidance from how the Church has dealt with issues in the past as they deal with current issues in the Church.On the parish level, the teaching of God’s Word and the Catechism is first and foremost. In addition to that, it is also worth considering teaching some church history to the laity. God’s people can derive guidance (and along with that, assurance) from the events of the Church’s past and the lives of Christians who came before.

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