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This timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a listing of the most significant missionary outreach events. Early history of Christianity#Apostolic Age Timeline of Christianity#Apostolic AgeApostolic Age and Acts of the Apostles Christianity in the 1st century Earliest dates must all be considered approximate 33 – Great Commission of Jesus to go and make disciples of all nations; Pentecost, a day in which 3000 Jews from a variety of Mediterranean Basin nations are converted to faith in Jesus Christ. 34 – In Gaza, Philip baptizes a convert, an Ethiopian who was already a Jewish proselyte. 34 – Saul of Tarsus is converted, and becomes Paul. 39 – Peter preaches to a Gentile audience in the house of Cornelius in Caesarea Maritima. 42 – Mark goes to Alexandria in Egypt 47 – Paul (formerly known as Saul of Tarsus) begins his first missionary journey to Western Anatolia, part of modern-day Turkey via Cyprus. 50 – Council of Jerusalem on admitting Gentiles into the Church 51 – Paul begins his second missionary journey, a trip that will take him through modern-day Turkey and on into Greece 52 – Thomas arrives in Malabar and Coromandel Coast in India and founds church that subsequently becomes the Syrian Malabar Nasranis 54 – Paul begins his third missionary journey 60 – Paul sent to Rome under Roman guard, evangelizes on Malta after shipwreck Ante-Nicene Period Timeline of Christianity#Ante-Nicene Period Early history of Christianity#Post-apostolic period Christianity in the 2nd century 100 – First Christians are reported in Monaco, Algeria; a missionary goes to Arbela, a sacred city of the Assyrians that the Christian church is katholikos ("universal") 112 – Pliny the Younger reports rapid growth of Christianity in Bithynia 140 – Hermas writes: "The Son of God ...