Intermountain Bible Institute

On Sunday, Jan 21st (4:30 pm in Classroom C of the Education Wing), Pastor Phil will begin teaching a class on Church History. This will be a 13-week study utilizing the curriculum The Forerunners of the Faith: 13 Lessons to Understand & Appreciate Church History. It will be necessary to purchase the curriculum workbook for this class. It can be purchased at this link. This class will give the student: (1) exposure to the basic periods and important people of Church History,(2) a basic framework for understanding Church History, and (3) encouragement to observe God's faithfulness to His Church. 

To register for this class, please follow this link. 

To gain a overview of the class please take a look at the course outline below:

Part I: The Apostolic Age (1st Century)

1. The Biblical Framework: Identifying the Pillars of the Faith

2. From Pentecost to Patmos: Peter, Paul, and the First-Century Church 

Part II: The Patristic Period (2nd-5th Centuries)

3. The Disciples of the Apostles: Clement, Polycarp, and the Early Church Fathers 

4. Contending for the Faith: Justin, Irenaeus, and the Pre-Nicene Church.

5. Defending the Deity of Christ: Athanasius and the Council of Nicaea

6. Grace and Truth: Augustine, Chrysostom, and the Post-Nicene Church

Part III: The Middle Ages (6th-15th Centuries)

7. Controversies and Councils: Doctrinal Debates in the Late Patristic Period and Early Middle Ages.

8. Schisms, Scholars, and Soldiers: Anselm, Bernard, and the Crusades

9. Forerunners to the Reformation: Waldo, Wycliffe, and the Pre-Reformers 

Part IV: The Reformation and Modern Period (16th-20th Centuries)

10. After Darkness, Light: Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant Reformers

11. From Reformation to Revival: Edwards, Whitfield, and the Great Awakening 

12. The Gospel Goes Forth: Carey, Judson, and the Modern Missions Movement 

13. The Battle for the Bible: Faithful Believers in the Face of Modernism.