This is Volume One of a two part series on the death of the Church in America. It deals with challenges to the American Church from the outside. The Volume reviews recent historical efforts to eradicate the Christian Church with the hope that the Church can learn to recognize the threats Christianity is facing in America and perhaps learn from them. The book reviews attempts to control and eradicate the Christian Church by the former Soviet Union, Germany in the Second World War and Communist China. It also reviews the attempts at controlling and eradicating the Christian Church by Islam when Islam is dominant over nations or localities. The book surveys the beliefs and history of Islam as well as reviewing the practical effects of Islam on Christians in countries where Islam is in control.