12 Oct
This is the day that … Lyman Beecher was born in Connecticut, in 1775.
He has been described as “the father of more brains than any other man in America”, a reference to his 13 children. These included the famous preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, and the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe. As a [...]
Filed under: Church History — Chris Field @ 8:19 am
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06 Jul
This is the day that … Amzi Clarence Dixon was born in North Carolina in 1854. His father was a Baptist preacher.
Converted at the age of 12, young Amzi “devoured the Bible, and the sermons of Spurgeon” (Dictionary of American Religious Biography, page 130).
At the age of 21 he was ordained to the Baptist ministry, [...]
Filed under: Church History, Ministry — Chris Field @ 8:24 am
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