false 6051251 1 <p><strong>With more than 275,000 copies sold, this is the story of the Church for today's readers.</strong></p> <p>This third edition improves the most engaging and readable single-volume history of the Church by bringing the story into the twenty-first century. Faced with some astonishing changes in the Islamic world, a global resurgence of Roman Catholicism, the decline of Christianity in the West coupled with the rapid growth of evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in the southern and eastern hemispheres, readers need a current explanation with intellectual substance that will provide historical context and update readers on all these new developments. The new edition of <i>Church History in Plain Language</i> does that in a stimulating manner, and it promises to be the new standard for readable Church History.</p> <p><b>Features include:</b> <ul> <li>Includes contemporary developments, such as the growth of Christianity in China and the rise of global Islam</li></ul> <p> 6227025 2 12 2008 Church History in Plain Language: Third Edition total:9|5:4|4:4|3:1|2:0|1:0| 9 39 25 5 3 1 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 10:08:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:03:37 -0700 2009 since becoming a Christian that I'd studied church history. I really appreciated this book as a part of a class, to be read alongside other books. I think Shelley did an admirable job of reaching his goal - to convey church history "in plain lang...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 26 07:07:41 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:09:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 22:27:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 22:27:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 14:41:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 14:41:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 04:11:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:23:24 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 04:11:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 08:25:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 08:25:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 19:39:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 19:39:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 13:12:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:12:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 17:45:14 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:46:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 22:20:06 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 22:20:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 13:32:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:33:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 17 05:18:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 05:18:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 20:47:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 20:47:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 07:58:31 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:52:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 27 15:47:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:28:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon May 25 05:59:27 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 05:59:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 21:30:43 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:30:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 19:35:38 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 19:35:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 15 14:57:36 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:57:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 17:42:40 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:42:40 -0700 2009