The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part Five: Glimpses of the Work of God
Global navigation set the stage for the flowering of the Christian world mission.

A replica of the ship that first circumnavigated the world.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
At the tip of South America is Tierra del Fuego and a strait called the Strait of Magellan, where the Atlantic meets the Pacific. The strait is named after another navigator, Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed through that strait by entering the South Atlantic and traveling further south than any other navigator. After a scary passage, they passed into the South Pacific and eventually reached the Philippines. He died in the Philippines but his crew took over after his death and struck out west and completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
That is another story to be told.
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Coming in the Fall 2019 issue:
“In the Wake.” Historian Woodrow Walton continues his study of how the story of Jesus spread to the uttermost parts of the world.
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Cahill, Thomas, How the Irish Saved Civilization (RandomHouse Penguin).
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Oden, Thomas C., Early Libyan Christianity: Uncovering a North African Tradition (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Press, 2011).
Category: Church History, Summer 2019