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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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Our Christian Heritage goes to Northfield, Massachusetts to D.L. Moody’s home. Dr. James Spencer of the Moody Center tells us who was D.L. Moody. 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 Read more...
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This plaque is located at Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, an American Baptist congregation named in honor of Luther Rice. From HMDB: Luther Rice was one of the first foreign missionaries from the United States. Along with Adoniram Judson and three others, he was ordained a Congregationalist missionary in 1812. In India he and the Judsons accepted the Baptist view Read more...
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In the 1830s and 1840s Christian Missionaries came into Indian Country, which included Bloomington, with the purpose of converting Dakota Indians to Christian beliefs and white person’s ways. This included farming, owning property, receiving a formal education and establishing a money-based economy. Missions established to serve the Dakota were located in proximity to rivers or lakes by permanent Native American Read more...
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This plaque commemorates the 1963 Crusade for Christ with a total attendance of 920,927 highlighted by the concluding session on Sunday, September 8th. Citizens from every walk of life occupied every seat and spilled onto the playing field grass to establish a record turnstile attendance for a single event in the Coliseum of 134,254. An additional 20,000 people were estimated Read more...
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Youngest son of Harry A. and Sadie Roloff born at Dawson, Texas on the old Blackland Farm where he spent his boyhood days, he learned the discipline of hard work and of frugal endeavor. Equipped with the word of God. The courage of the American frontier and the homespun philosophy of the common people, Brother Roloff embarked on the road Read more...
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Can’t confirm this is THE tavern, but this tavern dates to 1779 and is the oldest surviving building in Abingdon. “In January of [1839] young Sheffey and a group of his drinking buddies, left an Abingdon tavern to go to a small revival meeting being held on an upper floor in Grenway’s Storehouse along Main Street, with the intention of Read more...
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Boyhood home of Rev. Robert Sheffey, “The Saint of the Wilderness”, legendary circuit-riding frontier preacher who gave up wealth and social position to spread the Word and Spirit of God. Built in 1820 by James and Elizabeth White. Partially burned in 1864 during the Civil War. Restored 1866. ♦ _____ ♦ The story of the Colonel James White House Read more...
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The A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home is a place closely tied to the memory of one of the most beloved figures in Appalachian religious history, Robert Sheffey. Known affectionately as “Uncle Bob,” Sheffey was a nineteenth-century Methodist circuit rider whose life of prayer, simplicity, and tireless ministry left a lasting impression across the mountains of Virginia and surrounding regions. Read more...
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The Dissenter’s Glebe of Samuel Davies occupies an important place in the religious history of colonial Virginia. Closely associated with Samuel Davies, one of the most influential early American Presbyterian ministers, the glebe represents both the challenges and the gradual expansion of religious freedom in the eighteenth-century South. In colonial Virginia, the Church of England was the established church, supported Read more...
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The Old Briery Church holds an honored place in the religious and educational history of central Virginia. Though modest in appearance, this historic site is closely associated with the early development of Presbyterianism in the region and with the founding of what would later become Hampden–Sydney College. It stands as a reminder of a time when church, education, and community Read more...
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From Judson, the Pioneer: “HI, boys, there goes the Bell Rock alarm! Come on !” The boys of Maiden, Massachusetts, in the old Colonial days were always listening for the Bell Rock alarm. It was a church bell, but it wasn’t in a church tower. It was swung in a wooden frame on a rounding ledge of rock, where now Read more...
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From Willard Barbery in 1950: It was Mrs. Suiter who showed us the sheepskin, in the Davidson home, formerly used by Bro. Sheffey and made mention of in another place in these writings. That sheepskin was given to Rev. Peter Rayburn Suiter, local preacher in the Methodist church for many years in Bland county and an associate of the itinerant preacher. Bro. Sheffey Read more...
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The story of the Four Chaplains disaster remains one of the most moving accounts of courage and self-sacrifice in modern history. Often referred to as “The Four Immortal Chaplains,” these four men—George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode, John P. Washington, and Clark V. Poling—gave their lives during World War II in an act of extraordinary compassion and unity. On February Read more...
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SunTimes: She recounted that Jefferson at first doubted Beamer because he was so calm. She explained, “Todd loved his life but he knew that his life was much more than his 32 years on this Earth. His soul was secure, even when his body wasn’t, because Jesus was his savior.” The children of Todd and Lisa Beamer, David, Drew and Read more...
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Hymn History: The Nail Scarred Hand Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney “The radiant and gentle life of B. B. McKinney exemplified his Christianity… always so modest, never wanting any credit.” (Robert Cottrill) The life and legacy of Baylus Benjamin McKinney reflect the deep musical and spiritual traditions of early twentieth-century American Christianity. A gifted composer, pastor, and educator, McKinney made Read more...
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Hymn History: He Lives Author: Alfred Henry Ackley “He once said, ‘The thought of His ever-living presence brought the music promptly and easily.’” (Bruce Creswell) The Origin of the Hymn “He Lives” (I Serve a Risen Savior) Few gospel hymns capture the joy and assurance of the resurrection as powerfully as “He Lives”, also known by its opening Read more...
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Hymn History: How Can It Be? Author: Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen “Avis B. Christiansen is the gifted author of many of our sweetest gospel songs. By means of these, her name is known around the world, for many of these delightful lyrics have been translated into various languages. She is a modest, retiring person… With a very keen apprehension of Read more...
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Wikipedia: He composed many tunes, including those for “He Leadeth Me”; “Just As I Am“; “Sweet Hour of Prayer” (attributed to William W. Walford, 1772–1850);[4] “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” and “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less“, all of which can still be found in hynmbooks and songbooks today. The Life and Legacy of William Batchelder Bradbury William Read more...