02/24/2022
Companion walkthroughs for the book, Surveying Christianity's African Roots (all 18 are available at the link below).
Session 1: The Where, The Who, The When
Session 2: Divine Preparation in Africa for the Birth of Jesus
Session 3: What the Bible Reveals About Early African Missionaries
Session 4: Jesus’ Prophecy and the Cataclysmic Jewish-Roman Wars
Session 5: Persecuted Yet United, Followers of Jesus Go Underground.
Session 6: The First African Christian Martyrs
Session 7: More African Christian Martyrs and Their Perspective
Session 8: Early African Church Councils and African Pre-Nicene Church Fathers
Session 9: Persecution of Christians in Africa Under Roman Emperors Decius and Valerian
Session 10: Persecution of Christians in Africa Under Roman Emperor Diocletian, and His Tetrarchy
Session 11: Triggering of Three Lasting Events During Diocletian's Reign
Session 12: The Politics, Strife and Restoration Around the End of Persecution
Session 13: *** multiple topics ***
… 1. Inventory of Africa’s contribution to the Church before the First Nicene Council
… 2. First Nicene Council – Africa specific highlights
… 3. Dueling congregations
… 4. Ethiopia adopts Christianity
Session 14: Africa's Donatist Congregations: Vilified, Religiously Carved Out and Politically Repressed
Session 15: More African Church Fathers Who Shaped the Ecclesiology, Philosophy and Institutions of Nicene Christianity
Session 16: Vandal Invasion and Renewed Persecution of African Christians
Session 17: Gradual Rise of Christianity in Nubia
Session 18: Decline of Christianity in Northwest Africa
Continue to enjoy the walkthroughs about Early African Church History narrated by Jimmie D. Compton, Jr. at this link - https://hopeinstitute.teachable.com/p/scar-book-companion
Free access to a limited number of people.
This is a video narration of key events, people or situations of life for African Christians leading up to the birth of Jesus through the rise of Islam. Its purpose stems from the desire for a faster way to determine whether the book itself warrants the time to read it.
