Roots Matter

Roots Matter A Baptist's Interpretation of Church history Learn: The consequences of right and wrong thinking concerning church history What we believe about the beginning and development of church history dramatically influences how we behave as Christians. It also impacts the testimony we have to the world around us. The worldwide influence of the Apostles With the supernatural enabling of the Lord these twelve turned more than the Middle East upside down for Christ. It is very possible that, by the end of the first century, much of the known world at the time, including Africa, India, China and Europe had first hand witness of the Apostle's doctrine. How quickly error and heresy spread Before the end of the first century the Apostle's themselves were locked in conflict with false doctrine. The valiant stand of Anabaptists – forebears of today's Baptists The gates of hell have not prevailed on one family of churches. The Apostles doctrine has been preserved through the faithful ministries of the Anabaptists. About The Author Marvin McKenzie was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and became a believer at the age of eighteen. He has spent his thirty years of ministry planting and pastoring churches in the states of Washington and Oregon, and training others for the work of the ministry in Baptist churches. He has also served for a time as the Executive Vice President of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in San Dimas, CA and of Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City, OK. He and his wife, Anita, have two sons. Both serve in Baptist churches in Washington State.