David Brainerd (1718-1747) died at age 29, but inspired missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Eliot. He was a struggling farmer but during the Great Awakening on July 12, 1739, “the Lord… brought me to a hearty desire to exalt him, to set him on the throne, and to ‘seek first his Kingdom,’ i.e., principally and ultimately to aim Read more...
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was the son and grandson of colonial ministers. He started at Yale when he was 12, and at 19 was an interim pastor in New York. At 23 he joined his grandfather Solomon Stoddard at the Northampton church and married Sarah Pierpont. At 25 his grandfather died, leaving him as senior pastor. At age 30 a revival Read more...
For over 40 years, the Billy Graham Center Museum has welcomed tens of thousands of visitors annually. The first part of the museum is the History of Evangelism in America. See the first Bible printed in America – and it wasn’t in English, it’s the Eliot Algonquin Indian Bible. Colonial Puritan Cotton Mather’s sermon notes and books are on display, Read more...
