THE VOICE OF GOD
Jesus Christ he would build his Church
Jesus Christ he would build his Church “I will build my Church…” Matt. 16:18 The Scriptures declare that he built only one “There is one body…” Eph. 4:3 “He is the head of the body, the church…” Col. 1:18 DEVINE PROPHECY AND INSPIRED HISTORY AFFIRMS THAT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST BEGAN IN JERUSALEM ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST, 33 A.D. THE VOICE OF HISTORY
TIME PLACE FOUNDER CHURCH 606 A.D. Rome Boniface III assumed name as “universal bishop” Roman Catholic 1530 A.D. Germany Martin Luther Lutheran 1534 A.D. England Henry VII Episcopalian 1536 A.D. Switzerland John Calvin Presbyterian 1550 A.D. England Robert Browne Congregational 1607 A.D. Holland John Smythe Baptist 1739 A.D. England John Wesley Methodist 1830 A.D. America Joseph Smith Latter Day Saints (Mormon) 1830 A.D. America William Miller Adventists 1866 A.D. America Mary Baker Eddy Christian Scientist 1872 A.D. America Charles T. Russell Jehovah’s Witnesses
THE RECORD OF THE PAST 20 CENTURIES REVEALS THESE FACTS CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROMINENT RELIGIOUS BODIES