The early Christians can be identified with the first people that started to follow Jesus and his teaching, back then when he was still alive, around 2000 years ago. Jesus brought up what we know today as the New Testament, which renew the messages of the Old Testament from the Holy Bible regarding human action and faith in God.
Early Christians faced persecution, but this persecution also drove them closer to God. They would meet in synagogues, public places and homes to share this message too.
Their activities and responsibilities really focused on spreading the wonderful news of the gospel, instead of hiding behind the things of this world and included healing people.
At the beginning of sharing the gospel, the responsibility fell on a few people to spread the words. The first greater leader of Christianity was Jesus. The disciples were messengers too, along with Jesus. The disciples also had the job of finding helpers to spread the word. After Jesus Christ Resuscitation Peter became the apostle’s leader in Rome’s first Century together with Paul, also called Saul of Tarsus. Peter is considered the first pope and Christian's leader.
The early Christian face problems with persecution, punishment, they were tortured or killed and could not have cults or practice some teaching of their religion, because Roma empire did not recognize Christianity and its practice as legal.
The church has evolved over several centuries and generations. Some of these changes are for the better, such as more people being able to worship freely, however, some of these changes were (and are) regretfully for the worse. An example is the over- commercialization of the church to attract worldly people. Over commercialization causes Christians to lose sight of what's important and focus on what's not.
