Jan 28

Daniel Ajayi-Adeniran, a US missionary, represents a church which started in Nigeria in 1952. His church is called Redeemed Christian Church of God, and "it has acquired millions of members" (Strayer, 719). In other words, this church is so popular that millions of people have attended it. Christianity was mainly established in the Americas and Philippines. It was modestly established in Siberia, Japan, China, and India. A new and competing worldview that almost became a new religion was science. In time, science grew and achieved a global acceptance that exceeded Christianity or any other religion. As Christianity entered new cultural environments, it was largely determined how it would be accepted, transformed, or rejected by Africans, Asians, and Native Americans. "At the beginning of the early modern era," "Christianity was largely limited to Europe" (Strayer, 720). So as life began, Christianity mainly existed in Europe. By 1300, Muslims ousted Christian Crusaders from their land. The future of Muslim rule followed Islam rather than Christianity. For the previous 1,000 years, Roman Catholic Christianity had provided the foundation of Western European civilization. According to Martin Luther's understanding of salvation, it came through faith alone. The source of these beliefs, according to Luther came from the teaching of the Bible, "interpreted according to the individual's conscience" (Strayer, 722). This means that one's conscience is enough to tell oneself right from wrong.