‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’ Cover of ‘Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins: ...

The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think. Lately, Christians have cast their minds and social media musings back to the early church on the topics of singleness ...

Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century. Last spring, something was stirring under the white steeple of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. A ...

For all of her life, the Ancient City Baptist Church in St. Augustine has been a special place for 77-year-old Carolyn Calhoun. Her parents were members when she was born and she has attended ever ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists excavating in the ancient city of Antiochia Hippos discovered what was left of an early cathedral destroyed by an earthquake. Among ...

Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, following a similar move with Hagia Sophia. Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque under ...

Carolyn L. Calhoun of St. Augustine will receive the 2022 Baptist Heritage Award for “her diligent service and yeoman efforts to preserve, record and publish the history of the Ancient City Baptist ...

Women's History Month is a great time to celebrate the "mothers" of our Christian church. Until recently, few realized that early female believers shaped our church's future no less than their ...