Christianity Spread Throughout Roman Empire and Beyond:
from Jerusalem to Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia
by Owen Borville
September 22, 2020
Bible
Jerusalem and Israel in the 1st century. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth near the Sea of Galilee. His first followers would have been in this area. Jesus called his first disciples in this area by the Sea of Galilee. The first followers of Jesus Christ lived in Israel and Jerusalem. Jesus' travels during his ministry include from Nazareth to Jerusalem:
Nazareth
Bethsaida
Capernaum
Tiberias
Mount of Beatitudes
Cana
Sepphoris
Nain
Aenon
Samaria
Mt. Ebal
Shechem
Sychar
Jericho
Jerusalem
Paul's Road to Damascus Conversion in the mid- 1st Century.
Antioch Church Syria 42 A.D. The first Gentile Church at Antioch. Followers of Jesus were first called Christians at Antioch. Antioch is where Paul began his first missionary trip.
Paul's First Missionary Trip 44-46 A.D.
Cyprus
Turkey 1st Century
Greece St. Paul in 49 A.D.
Rome, Italy 55 A.D. by St. Paul Christianity was a minority religion in Italy until 4th century when it was adopted officially.
Rome: In 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Spain
France
England
Germany
First Churches in Africa
Alexandria (Egypt) by Mark the Evangelist in 60 A.D. Mark brought Christianity to Africa.
Philip in Carthage (Tunisia) (230 A.D.), Matthew visited Ethiopia and Persia, and Bartholomew
Ethiopia-Sudan (Nubia): Christianity introduced in the 4th century (330 A.D.) The earliest and best known reference to the introduction of Christianity is in the New Testament (Acts 8:26-38[10]) when Philip the Evangelist converted an Ethiopian court official in the 1st Century AD. Judaism was practiced in Ethiopia long before Christianity arrived.
North Africa: Christianity spread in North Africa all the way to Morocco because it was part of the Roman Empire when it became Christianized between the 1st century and 7th century.
Churches to the North
Armenia: First century disciples came. First nation to adopt Christianity (301 A.D.)
Georgia: First century disciples came. Became official religion in 319 A.D.
Russia: St. Andrew, First century, Kievan Rus 867 A.D.
Church of the East
Persia -Persian Empire and Parthian Empire, Wise Men Zoroastrian Magi and the Pentecost Parthians, Medes, and Elamites (Acts 2)
India
China
Korea
Japan
Indonesia
Colonialism and Americas: British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese to Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia
North America: the British, French
South America: the Spanish, Portuguese
Africa: British, French, Portuguese
Asia: British, French to India and Southeast Asia
from Jerusalem to Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia
by Owen Borville
September 22, 2020
Bible
Jerusalem and Israel in the 1st century. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth near the Sea of Galilee. His first followers would have been in this area. Jesus called his first disciples in this area by the Sea of Galilee. The first followers of Jesus Christ lived in Israel and Jerusalem. Jesus' travels during his ministry include from Nazareth to Jerusalem:
Nazareth
Bethsaida
Capernaum
Tiberias
Mount of Beatitudes
Cana
Sepphoris
Nain
Aenon
Samaria
Mt. Ebal
Shechem
Sychar
Jericho
Jerusalem
Paul's Road to Damascus Conversion in the mid- 1st Century.
Antioch Church Syria 42 A.D. The first Gentile Church at Antioch. Followers of Jesus were first called Christians at Antioch. Antioch is where Paul began his first missionary trip.
Paul's First Missionary Trip 44-46 A.D.
Cyprus
Turkey 1st Century
Greece St. Paul in 49 A.D.
Rome, Italy 55 A.D. by St. Paul Christianity was a minority religion in Italy until 4th century when it was adopted officially.
Rome: In 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Spain
France
England
Germany
First Churches in Africa
Alexandria (Egypt) by Mark the Evangelist in 60 A.D. Mark brought Christianity to Africa.
Philip in Carthage (Tunisia) (230 A.D.), Matthew visited Ethiopia and Persia, and Bartholomew
Ethiopia-Sudan (Nubia): Christianity introduced in the 4th century (330 A.D.) The earliest and best known reference to the introduction of Christianity is in the New Testament (Acts 8:26-38[10]) when Philip the Evangelist converted an Ethiopian court official in the 1st Century AD. Judaism was practiced in Ethiopia long before Christianity arrived.
North Africa: Christianity spread in North Africa all the way to Morocco because it was part of the Roman Empire when it became Christianized between the 1st century and 7th century.
Churches to the North
Armenia: First century disciples came. First nation to adopt Christianity (301 A.D.)
Georgia: First century disciples came. Became official religion in 319 A.D.
Russia: St. Andrew, First century, Kievan Rus 867 A.D.
Church of the East
Persia -Persian Empire and Parthian Empire, Wise Men Zoroastrian Magi and the Pentecost Parthians, Medes, and Elamites (Acts 2)
India
China
Korea
Japan
Indonesia
Colonialism and Americas: British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese to Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia
North America: the British, French
South America: the Spanish, Portuguese
Africa: British, French, Portuguese
Asia: British, French to India and Southeast Asia