History+&+Origins

Christianity started about 2,000 years ago in a city called Judea. Judea is present day Israel. He observed the Jewish faith and was well acquainted with the Jewish Law. Jesus taught his disciples about the will of God and about the "new covenant" God will bring to humanity through him. The purpose of this "new covenant" is to restore those who accept it into a renewed fellowship of forgiveness and love with God. The history of Christianity actually began with prophecy in the Old Testament. There are over 300 prophecies that go back 1000 years that are recorded in the Old Testament about the coming of a Jewish Messiah. From 70 to 312 AD was the rising of the Catholic Church which was an earlier branch of Christianity. Today Christians make up about 33 percent of the worlds population for religion.