Periods of the Church Age
Types of churches found today
Types of Christians
| Church Name | Meaning | Period | Reference | Commended | Rebuked | Promise to Overcomers | Name of Christ |
| Ephesus: | The Desired One | 70-170 | Labor & patience, hate Nicolaitans | Left 1st love | Tree of life in paradise | He holds 7 stars and walks in midst of candlesticks | |
| Smyrna: | Myrrh; Death | 170-312 | Endured tribulation | No rebuke | Crown of life not 2nd death | 1st, last, was dead and is alive | |
| Pergamos: | Mixed Marriage | 312-606 | Not denied faith | Doctrine of Balaam, Nicolaitans | Manna, white stone, new name | He hath sharp, two-edged sword | |
| Thyatira: | Odour of Affliction | 606-1520 | Faith, patience, works | Jezebel's teachings | Power to rule, morning star | Eyes like flame of fire, feet like brass | |
| Sardis: | Remnant | 1520-1750 | Hast a name that lives | Dead works | White raiment, book of life | Hath 7 Spirits of God and 7 stars | |
| Philadelphia: | Brotherly Love | 1750-1900 | Kept Word | No rebuke | New names given | Holy, True, and hath key of David to open and shut | |
| Laodicea: | Civil rights | 1900-rapture | No commendation | Lukewarm | Sit with Christ in throne | The Amen, faithful and true witness, beginning of creation of God |