Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Church History.
Berkhof, Louis. The History of Christian Doctrines. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1975.
Bingham, D. Jeffrey. Pocket History of the Church. Downers Grove: Baker, 1975.
Bromiley, Geoffrey. Historical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Cairns, Earle E. Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981.
Cunliffe-Jones, Hubert, ed. A History of Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Douglas, J.D., ed. The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978.
Gonzalez, Justo L. A History of Christian Thought. 3 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1970.
_______ . The Story of Christianity. 2 vols. San Francisco: Harper, 1984.
Hannah, John D. Charts of Ancient and Midieval Church History. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, forthcoming.
________. Kregel Pictorial Guide to the History of the Church. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2000
________. Our Legacy: The History of Christian Doctrine. Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, 2001.
Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines. rev. ed. New York: Harper, 1978.
Langin, Timothy, David Bebbington, and Mark Knoll, eds. Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. Downers Grove: IVP, 2003.
McGrath, Alister E. Historical Theology: an Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998.
Schaff, Philip. The Creeds of Christendom. 3 vols. 6th ed. rev. and en. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1877.
_______ . History of the Christian Church. 8 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962 (1910).