Congregational Courses: Church History 3
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19 – How were early mission societies related to churches?
Dr. Schumacher explains the complex relationship between mission societies and supporting churches.
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29 – What is meant to say that a church is independent?
Dr. Schumacher explains the goal of creating mission churches.
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07 – What was the experience of the Eastern Orthodox Church during the modern period?
Dr. Rast gives an overview of the changes in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1500 to today.
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31 – What kind of Christianity was transplanted to America?
Dr. Schumacher gives an overview of Protestantism in the early American Colonies.
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10 – How did the Protestant churches develop over the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Dr. Rast compares the effect of higher criticism on European churches and churches in the United States.
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21 – Was there any commonality to the various mission societies?
Dr. Schumacher explains what commonalities the Bible Societies had with each other.
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28 – How do mission fields develop into independent churches?
Dr. Schumacher gives ideas that need to be carried out for a mission church to become a local church.
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26 – How does the LCMS fit into the big picture of world missions?
Dr. Schumacher explains that the LCMS was late to world missions but conducted home missions.