Cinematic reconstruction of Jesus’ followers gathered by lamplight behind a closed wooden door

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What the First Christians Did Right After the Cross

Eleven frightened men hide behind a locked door in Jerusalem. Less than 300 years later, the emperor of Rome follows their teacher. What happened in between?

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Cinematic reconstruction of Jesus’ followers gathered by lamplight behind a closed wooden door

ApostlesAD 33–11210:32

What the First Christians Did Right After the Cross

Eleven frightened men hide behind a locked door in Jerusalem. Less than 300 years later, the emperor of Rome follows their teacher. What happened in between?

After the CrossWatch & read

One faith. Many chapters.

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A cinematic reconstruction of early believers sharing a meal by lamplight

After the Cross

The birth of the early church

A cinematic reconstruction of fire spreading through ancient Rome

The Martyrs

Faith in the shadow of Rome

Light falls through an ancient stone doorway in a cinematic reconstruction

Old Testament

Before the first century

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A busy Jerusalem street, reconstructed for the Pentecost chapter

Light on the Damascus road, reconstructed for Paul’s story

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Centuries apart.
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From Abraham’s journey to the Council of Nicaea. Find the people, places, and turning points on one timeline.

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c. 2000 BC
Abraham
A journey begins
c. AD 30/33
The cross
A story takes a new turn
AD 325
Nicaea
An empire’s bishops gather

Figures pass through an ancient doorway into warm daylight, a cinematic reconstruction

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We tell the history of the Christian faith through the people who lived it: the hopeful, the frightened, the faithful, and the unlikely.

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