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This is the day that Christian Friedrich Swartz was born in Prussia (now Poland), in 1726.
He has been described as “one of the most energetic and successful missionaries of the 18th century (Schaff/Herzog Encyclopaedia, page 2131).
His youth was spent at Halle, the centre of German pietism. Founded by Jacob Spener, this was a movement that [...]

This is the day that … William Carey was born in 1761. The place was Paulerspury, an insignificant village in the English Midlands.
His story is well known – at least, it ought to be!
Born to a family in humble circumstances, he was apprenticed to a shoemaker at the age of 14. By that time he [...]

John Wesley said, “Let every preacher read carefully over the life of David Brainerd,” and distributed his life story to all his societies. So while this post is only a summary, I commend to you a review of David Brainerd’s biography.
This is the day that … the “fire fell” at Crossweeksung, in 1745.
Twenty-seven year-old David [...]

This is the day that … William Carey preached his “deathless sermon”, as it is described by his biographer, S. Pearce Carey. 
It was 1792, and the place was Nottingham, England.
At 10.00 a.m. the young cobbler/pastor from Leicester rose to address the small group.  His text was Isaiah 54:2,3:  “Lengthen thy cords … strengthen thy stakes [...]

This is the day that … Andrew Fuller died, in 1815.
The son of an English Baptist farmer, and a “powerful wrestler in his youth”, Fuller was to become the greatest original theologian among 18th century Baptists” (Dictionary of the Christian Church, page 395).
At the age of 14 he came into “rest for my troubled soul”.  [...]