1501 - 2000 AD

Robert Raikes

…attend. Raikes shouldered most of the financial burden in those early years. Within two years, several schools opened in and around Gloucester. On November 3, 1783, Raikes published an account…

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Martin Dehaan
1501 - 2000 AD

Martin R De Haan

completed training at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He pastored two churches in Grand Rapids which grew rapidly under his clear and forceful preaching. The Lord endowed him with…

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Benajah Harvey Carroll
1501 - 2000 AD

Benajah Harvey Carroll

…in an age of denominational debates, he possessed a lovable nature. He once said, “When I come to know a man and love him as a friend and a brother,…

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Elmer Deal
2001 - Current

Elmer Lee Deal

Elmer Lee Deal (1925 – 2015) Elmer Deal was born on August 11, 1925, in Rocky Comfort, MO. While in high school he excelled both academically and athletically. During this…

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Chrysostom (John of Antioch)

…the leading church. During his ten year pastorate there he taught the scriptures and wrote commentaries. He was made Archbishop of Constantinople in 397 and preached there for six years…

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Billy Sunday
1501 - 2000 AD

William Ashley (Billy) Sunday

…He was converted to Christ in 1886 through the street preaching of Harry Monroe of the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. Sunday gave up his baseball career in March, 1891…

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1501 - 2000 AD

Louis Entzminger

…so widely used today in most Baptist Sunday Schools as well as those of other denominations. Dr. Entzminger is also credited for his help in building the largest Sunday Schools…

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William Booth
1501 - 2000 AD

William Bramwell Booth

…organization, and discipline. By 1930 there were branches in 55 countries. Its main emphasis under General Booth was street preaching, personal evangelism, and practical philanthropy. More than two million derelicts…

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Reuben Archer Torrey
1501 - 2000 AD

Reuben Archer Torrey

…Chicago to supervise the Moody Bible Institute and serve as pastor of the Moody Memorial Church; he served until 1908. He toured the world conducting evangelistic campaigns with song leader

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John Edward Brown
1501 - 2000 AD

John Edward Brown

John Edward Brown 1879 – 1957 Evangelist, educator, broadcaster and author, Dr. John E. Brown, founder of the university that bears his name, will be remembered throughout eternity as an…

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