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North Carolina Highway Historical Markers Q-37 GEORGE W. TRUETT Pastor First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1897-1944, president of Baptist World Alliance. His birthplace stands one mile northwest. US 64 southwest of Hayesville. 1950 Read more...
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Inscription Henry Clay MorrisonFamed Methodist preacher & pioneer of the Holiness movement. He came to Barren Co. at age 2 & was raised by his grandparents near here. He became one of nation’s premiere evangelists and was editor of the Pentecostal Herald for 54 years. He was president of Asbury College and founder of Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Ky. Morrison Read more...
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About us At the forefront of battling homelessness through community partnerships and innovative solutions. Mel Trotter Ministries exists to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward anyone experiencing hunger and homelessness. Mel Trotter Ministries exists to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward anyone experiencing hunger and homelessness. Through the power of Christ, working to bring an end to Read more...
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The Biederwolf Evangelical Tabernacle emerged during one of William Edward Biederwolf’s revival campaigns in Ironton, Ohio, and stands as a reminder of how communities once rallied around large evangelistic meetings. Constructed quickly and with the voluntary labor of local citizens, the tabernacle was built to accommodate the thousands who gathered to hear Biederwolf’s stirring preaching. Its simple wooden structure reflected Read more...
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The Chicago Gospel Tabernacle was an evangelical church founded in 1922 by Paul Rader. It was a large, influential center of Christian ministry known for its innovative broadcasting, large evangelistic campaigns, and extensive missionary support during the Jazz Age. The original building, located at Clark, Barry & Halsted, was a temporary structure that became permanent and eventually disbanded in 1979. Today, there Read more...
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LostNewEngland Despite his influence later in life, Moody came from a humble background. He was born here in this house on February 5, 1837, and was the sixth child of Edwin and Betsey Moody. The house itself was built sometime before 1827 by Simeon Moody, a cousin and brother-in-law of Edwin, and was purchased by Edwin in 1828, the same Read more...
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From Wikipedia: He preached his last sermon on November 16, 1899, in Kansas City, Missouri. Becoming ill, he returned home by train to Northfield. During the preceding several months, friends had observed he had added some 30 pounds (14 kg) to his already ample frame. Although his illness was never diagnosed, it has been speculated that he suffered from congestive heart failure. Read more...
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Read Erromango: The Martyrs’ Isle online Discerning History: In the morning of November 20, 1839, John Williams prepared to land on the island of Erromango. In his Bible was later found a small scrap of paper upon which he had written this text from the lips of the Lord Jesus, “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.” Read more...
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Image Credit: George Baxter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Voyage to the rock – read an account Archaeology of Christianity in Vanuatu (including map of the last day of Williams From Wikipedia: Most of the Williamses’ missionary work, and their delivery of a cultural message, was very successful and they became famed in Congregational circles. However, in November Read more...
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From Wikipedia: The Livingstone Memorial built in 1899 marks the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died on 1 May 1873 in Chief Chitambo’s village at Ilala near the edge of the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia. His heart was buried there under a mpundu (also called mvula) tree by his loyal attendants Chuma, Suza Mniasere and Vchopere, before they departed for the coast carrying his body.[1] In their Read more...
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Wikipedia: The Statue of David Livingstone on the Zimbabwe side of the Victoria Falls is erected towards Devil’s Cataract in the western bank of the falls. The statue has an inscription that states that David Livingstone visited the falls in 1851 when he documented his first impression on the beauty of the waterfalls during his first encounter when he named the falls after Queen Victoria.[2][3] There has been two Read more...