Church: the Early Years

Church: the early years describes the churches that were to be found during the first century AD that is about seventy years after the death of Jesus Christ. The term for church, “ekklesia” in Greek, occurs over 100 times in the New Testament. Some churches are well described, others simply referred to in passing and yet others can be reasonably inferred from what is known about the area or the people. In these early years of Christianity the word church meant something very different to wh...