Page 41 - LD215 History of the Church in Africa A4 final

The Time Had Fully Come

RE V I E W A N D A P P L I C A T I O N

1. Why is Galatians 4:4 important to the study of African
church history?

2. What contribution did the Jews make that helped prepare the
way for the coming of Christ and His church?

3. Identify the major contributions of the Romans that helped
prepare the way for the coming of Christ and His church.

4. Identify and give the significance of the Greeks in preparing
the way for the coming of Christ and His church.

5. Compare the conditions of the Roman Empire in the first
century A.D. with those of the rapidly changing world of
Africa today.

6. How did the colonial powers of the nineteenth and twentieth
century help or hinder the spread of Christianity in Africa?

7. List some aspects of modern African society that (a) help the
spread of the gospel and some that (b) hinder it.

Be prepared to answer these questions and any others that come to mind
when your instructor refers to them in class.

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