Free Christian Curriculum Kindergarten through twelfth grade · free to download

4 years · 400 lessons · 4,000 questions

Church History

The church's story from Pentecost to today, martyrs and reformers included, with a full unit on the Anabaptists.

Church History is taught in grade 9 through grade 12. Each year below is a complete course in its own right, with its own units, its own quizzes, and its own downloads.

This is a self-paced elective. It sits outside the daily schedule, so a family can take it over a summer, stretch it across a year, or skip it without unsettling anything else.

Year by year

What each year covers

Open a year to see its units. Unit headings come straight from the lessons; where a course does not name its units, the first lesson of the unit is shown instead.

Grade 9 10 units · 100 lessons
  1. 1Starts with “The Church Begins: Pentecost and the Book of Acts”
  2. 2Starts with “The Apostolic Fathers: Who They Were”
  3. 3Starts with “Why the Early Church Needed Councils”
  4. 4Starts with “The Fall of Rome and the Church's New Role”
  5. 5Starts with “The Desert Fathers and the Beginning of Monasticism”
  6. 6Starts with “Why Reform Was Needed”
  7. 7Starts with “Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses”
  8. 8Starts with “Radical Reformers: Why "Anabaptist" Means "Re-baptizer"”
  9. 9Starts with “The Great Awakenings in America”
  10. 10Starts with “Christianity's Center of Gravity Shifts South and East”
Grade 10 10 units · 100 lessons
  1. 1Starts with “The Church Begins: Pentecost and the Book of Acts”
  2. 2Starts with “The Apostolic Fathers: Who They Were”
  3. 3Starts with “Why the Early Church Needed Councils”
  4. 4Starts with “The Fall of Rome and the Church's New Role”
  5. 5Starts with “The Desert Fathers and the Beginning of Monasticism”
  6. 6Starts with “Why Reform Was Needed”
  7. 7Starts with “Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses”
  8. 8Starts with “Radical Reformers: Why "Anabaptist" Means "Re-baptizer"”
  9. 9Starts with “The Great Awakenings in America”
  10. 10Starts with “Christianity's Center of Gravity Shifts South and East”
Grade 11 10 units · 100 lessons
  1. 1Starts with “The Church Begins: Pentecost and the Book of Acts”
  2. 2Starts with “The Apostolic Fathers: Who They Were”
  3. 3Starts with “Why the Early Church Needed Councils”
  4. 4Starts with “The Fall of Rome and the Church's New Role”
  5. 5Starts with “The Desert Fathers and the Beginning of Monasticism”
  6. 6Starts with “Why Reform Was Needed”
  7. 7Starts with “Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses”
  8. 8Starts with “Radical Reformers: Why "Anabaptist" Means "Re-baptizer"”
  9. 9Starts with “The Great Awakenings in America”
  10. 10Starts with “Christianity's Center of Gravity Shifts South and East”
Grade 12 10 units · 100 lessons
  1. 1Starts with “The Church Begins: Pentecost and the Book of Acts”
  2. 2Starts with “The Apostolic Fathers: Who They Were”
  3. 3Starts with “Why the Early Church Needed Councils”
  4. 4Starts with “The Fall of Rome and the Church's New Role”
  5. 5Starts with “The Desert Fathers and the Beginning of Monasticism”
  6. 6Starts with “Why Reform Was Needed”
  7. 7Starts with “Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses”
  8. 8Starts with “Radical Reformers: Why "Anabaptist" Means "Re-baptizer"”
  9. 9Starts with “The Great Awakenings in America”
  10. 10Starts with “Christianity's Center of Gravity Shifts South and East”