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Early Church Outline 

New Testament Timeline

7 BC - Jesus' birth 
6 AD - Jesus is 12 and visits the Temple 
27 - Jesus' Galilean ministry begins 
29 - Jesus' Judean ministry begins 
30 - Jesus' death, resurrection, ascention
30 - Pentecost 
33 - Stephen martyred 
33 - Paul converted 
36 - Paul's visit to Jerusalem 
40 - Peter's ministry to the Gentiles 
44 - James martyred

47-49AD - Paul's First Missionary Journey 

Seleucia (port of Antioch) 13:4 (of Acts) 
Salamis (island of Crete) 13:4-5 
Paphos (Crete) 13:6-12 
Perga (Pamphylia-Asia Minor) 13:13 
Antioch (Pisidia) 13:14-49 
Iconium (Lycaonia) 13:51-52; 14:1-6 
Lystra (Lycaonia) 14:6-20 
Derbe (Lycaonia) 14:20-21 
Lystra (Lycaonia) 14:21-23 
Iconium (Lycaonia) 14:21-23 
Antioch (Pisidia) 14:21-23 
Perga (Pamphylia) 14:24-25 
Attalia (Pamphylia) 14:25 
Antioch (Syria) 14:25-28 
Jerusalem Council 15:1-35 & Galatians 2:1-14

50-52AD Paul's Second Missionary Journey 

Syria and Cilicia 15:36-41 
Derbe and Lystra 16:1-5 
Phrygia and Galatia 16:6 
Troas (Mysia) 16:6-11 
Samothrace (island) 16:11 
Neapolis (Macedonia/Europe) 16:11 
Philippi (Macedonia) 16:12-40 
Amphipolis (Macedonia) 17:1 
Apollonia (Macedonia) 17:1 
Thessalonica (Macedonia) 17:1-9 
Beroea (Macedonia) 17:10-14 
Athens (Greece) 17:15-34 
Corinth (Greece) 18:1-18 (Paul plants the mission church)

Paul writes his First and Second Letter to the Thessalonians 

Cenchreae (port of Corinth) 18:18 
Ephesus (Asia) 18:19-21 
Caesarea 18:22 
Jerusalem 18:22 
Antioch (Syria) 18:22

53-57AD Paul's Third Missionary Journey 

Antioch (Syria) 18:22-23 
Galatia and Phrygia 18:23 
Ephesus 19:1-20

Paul writes his First Letter to the Corinthians (5:9 tells of an earlier letter, maybe this is referring to a fragment we have in 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1? Paul had heard reports from Chloe regarding dissension-1:11; 11:18. Problems included: sexual immorality (5:1-8;6:12-20); legal disputes (6:1-11); abuses of the Lord's Supper (11:17-34) and controversies regarding the resurrection (15:1-58). The Corinthian Church had written to Paul about some questions as well (7:1a): sex within marriage (7:1b-40); eating meat offered to idols (8:1-11:1); spiritual gifts in worship (12:1-14:40) and Paul's collection for Jerusalem (16:1-4).

Paul writes his letter to the Romans

Paul writes his letter to the Galatians

Paul writes his Second Letter to the Corinthians (chapters 10-13)

Corinth Implied in 2 Corinthians 12:14/13:1 
Troas 2 Corinthians 2:12-13 
Philippi Acts 20:1-2

Paul writes his Third Letter to the Corinthians (chapters 1-9)

Illyricum (Dalmatia) Romans 15:19 Corinth Acts 20:3

Journey to Jerusalem with the offering from the Gentile Churches; Return trip

Philippi 20:6 
Troas 20:6-12 
Assos (Mysia) 20:13-14 
Mitylene (island of Lesbos) 20:14 
Chios (an island) 20:15 
Samos (an island) 20:15 
Trogyllium (a cape) 20:15 
Miletus (province of Asia) 20:15-38 
Cos (an island) 21:1 
Rhodes (island) 21:1 
Patara (Lycia) 21:1 
Cyprus (island) 21:3 
Tyre (Phoenicia) 21:3-6 
Ptolemais (Phoenicia) 21:7 
Caesarea (Maritema) 21:8-14 
Jerusalem 21:15-16

57 Paul in Jerusalem, (his arrest and imprisonment) 21:17-23:30

57-59 Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea 24:1-25:32

59-60 Paul's trip to Rome 27:1-28:16

61-62 Paul, a prisoner in Rome 28:16-31

Paul writes his letter to the Philippians