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HISTORY MAKERS
A look at Christian history makers around the world
Some Selected Articles
WOMEN WITH A WARCRY!
Think Victorian women were all stiffness and starch? Think again. Trevor Saxby writes about the Hallelujah lasses, “shock troops of the early Salvation Army”.
SO NEARLY A FAILURE
William Carey, “father of modern missions” almost failed completely. It took a radical brotherhood covenant to turn things around. Trevor Saxby tells Jesus Life Carey’s story.
CHURCH UNDER A TREE
Trevor Saxby on a striking example of radical faithfulness from the history of the Moravian Church.
RADICAL COURAGE
On 24 March 2010, the President of El Salvador issued a public apology for the murder of Oscar Romero. His compatriots had waited 30 years to hear it.
PATRON SAINT OF SOCIAL CARE
In cathedrals across South America there are statues of a distinctly African looking saint with a friendly face, and carrying a broom. Who was this unusual man of God?
THE ANGEL OF MERCY
The face of Elizabeth Fry is on every Bank of England £5 note - but who was Elizabeth Fry to deserve such an honour?
GOD'S TROUBLE MAKER (Part 1), THE VALIANT SIXTY (Part 2)
Quakerism was born in the fires of revival. In two articles, we look at George Fox, the movement's founder and his followers
'TORONTO' IN THE CEVENNES
An outpouring of the Holy Spirit in France in the late 17th century shows how God's power must be handled with care
'A FEW SUCH AS HIM WOULD MAKE A NATION TREMBLE'
William Grimshaw's fervent and determined preaching and pastoring inspired remarkable revival scenes in the Yorkshire village of Haworth
THOUSANDS WEPT IN SORROW AND JOY
The awakening work of the Holy Spirit in the 18th century was not confined to America, England and Wales. Scotland also had its powerful revival...
A HUNDRED YEARS OF PRAYER!
The recent 24-7 Prayer Initiative is nothing new! Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians did it over 250 years ago after a special anointing of Holy Spirit power
MULTITUDES THRONGED TO HEAR 'FROM HEAVEN'
Nathan Cole, an eyewitness, recounts the rush to hear George Whitefield in the 18th Century Great Awakening in America
THE SADDLEBAG PREACHERS
Mounted and with Bibles in hand, the Methodist Circuit Riders carried the Gospel to the American frontiers
POOR MAN'S PREACHER
John Wesley, the great revival preacher is seen as the man who turned a nation back to God.
DANIEL NASH
The importance in revival of the often hidden intercessors is seen in the ministry of Daniel Nash. He prayer-shadowed the great evangelist, Charles Finney, for seven years
THE 'DEAD' SPRANG UP SHOUTING!
Maria Woodworth-Etter's 8,000 -seat gospel tent was often too small to contain the masses that flocked to hear her preach
IT ALL STARTED WITH A NOON PRAYER MEETING!
The greatest spiritual awakening known in the USA was triggered by the most unlikely of people!
BELFAST REVIVAL MEETING LED BY 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
Ulster, 1859-60. A clergyman came to see if it was really true that the Holy Spirit was working through children
DISTILLERY, BARS CLOSED IN ULSTER REVIVAL
Trembling, shaking and falling were some of the characteristics of the 1859 Ulster Revival - but the most dramatic effect was of social change
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