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Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

Douglas Jacobsen. Publisher: Baker Academic, 2015.

Reviewed by:  Edward L. Smither, dean, College of Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University.

Synopsis

Douglas Jacobsen (distinguished professor of church history and theology at Messiah College) has spent a career teaching Global Christian history. He pays that forward in this new book, which offers a concise grasp of the history and current status of the Global Church.

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