Roots and Renewal: Why History Matters

Restoration Movement

Over the greater part of a decade, I served as a missionary in Central Europe, where the currents of history run deep. If you have ever traveled through that part of the world, you will have noticed something remarkable: though secularism has asserted its dominance, Christianity’s imprint remains unmistakable. It lingers not only in the […]

Lessons from Restoration Movement History: Q&A with Historian Rick Cherok, PhD

Lessons from Restoration Movement History: Q&A with Historian Rick Cherok, PhD

The Restoration Movement spread throughout the American frontier in the early nineteenth century out of the Second Great Awakening. Its leaders emphasized Christian unity based in the Scriptures, although it has since branched into a vast spectrum of liberal to conservative streams. In an era of historical apathy and illiteracy, what can those of us with […]