HISTORY IS...
"... the past as read through the sources that have survived, as selected by countless generations of historians, as interpreted from our own present and from the future for which we hope.”

THE CHURCH IS...
"... the group of people who believe that God entered into history uniquely in the person of Jesus Christ, and who, guided by the Holy Spirit, live their lives in response to this belief"

CHURCH HISTORY IS...
“… the story of these believers and their collective life as read through the sources that have survived, selected by countless generations of historians, interpreted from our own present and from the future for which we hope.”

BUT MORE THAN THAT:
Church history includes the fullness of the deeds of the Spirit in and through the men and women who have gone before us in faith … it is not simply the history of an institution, but a history of God’s activity in the created world.