Jan 16, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Samuel Howe passed into the presence of his Saviour on this day in 1641. For seven years he had been the pastor of the church that met in Deadman’s Place, London. One has to wonder how that name came to be.) With very little formal education, Pastor Howe had a notable...
Jan 9, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Thomas Jefferson Fisher died on this day in 1866 at the early age of 56. Fisher was born in Kentucky and born again there in his sixteenth year, after which he joined a Presbyterian church. He quickly learned his mistake, and a year later he was immersed and joined...
Jan 2, 2015 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Staughton was born on this day in 1770 in Coventry, England. He had a brilliant mind and became a published author of poetry when he was but twelve-years old. He was born again early in his life and graduated from Bristol Baptist College in 1792. He knew...
Dec 31, 2014 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The work of foreign missions must be the most difficult of all Christian ministries. Probably no American Christian can fully understand the work and responsibility which falls on that servant of God laboring in a strange culture and strange field. On December 26,...
Dec 25, 2014 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The First Baptist Church in Boston was born in the midst of persecution. Its first pastor, Thomas Goold was in and out of prison for more than ten years. He was robbed of his home, property and health. He may not have been beheaded or burned at the stake, but he died...
