Lancelot Andrewes, in addition to being a bishop in the Church of England, was the chief translator of the King James Bible and guided the “committee” that translated the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st-2nd Samuel and 1st-2nd Kings. He is said to have spent 5 hours every day in prayer. He died on September 26, 1626.
After trying to prevent Princeton from becoming more and more liberal in its theology, Westminster Theological Seminary was formed in Pennsylvania by J. Gresham Machen. On September 25, 1929 Machen addressed the first 50 students and guests at the first session of classes by saying, “No, my friends, though Princeton Seminary is dead, the noble tradition of Princeton Seminary is …
The College of New Jersey, founded to train Presbyterian ministers, appoints the father of American revivalism, and leader of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards as its third president on September 24, 1757. His tenure would not last long at the College which will change its name to Princeton University. (Be sure to check back tomorrow to see another Princeton note.)
The Concordant of Worms (which is not an arthropod convention) is held in Worms (now Germany) where the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V acquiesces to Pope Callistus II and agrees to get out of church business. Many of the Holy Roman Emperors prior to Henry used their influence to choose bishops and determine how the church was run within the …
The idea of Roman emperors beating up on Christians is nothing new and, until Constantine, almost expected. One instance occurred on September 22, 286 (the traditional date) when Co-Emperor Maximian executed over 6,000 of his own Roman soldiers because they refused to worship Roman gods and denounce Jesus Christ. Known as the Theban Legion, because they were Coptic Christians from …
While it had been founded earlier in April of 1944, the National Religious Broadcasters Association was officially ratified in Chicago on September 21, 1944. The NARB is a diverse group theologically within Christianity dedicated to spreading the gospel.
On September 20, 1921 hymn music writer William J. Kirkpatrick died at his Philadelphia, PA home. The former Civil War veteran was a life-long student of hymns and wrote the music for “We Have Heard the Joyful Sound – Jesus Saves, Jesus Saves!”, “He Hideth My Soul”, “Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It”, and “’Tis So Sweet to Trust …
Missionary Super Star Hudson Taylor believed people from foreign nations would best be open to hearing the Gospel if missionaries adapted to the native peoples’ culture. Hudson, his family and 16 other families set sail from England on September 19, 1853 for China and would form the China Inland Mission 12 years later. The organization is still in operation but …
The Pentecostal movement in Chile saw continued growth from seeds planted as early as 1910. It eventually grew away from the Methodist churches which began the Protestantism in this very Roman Catholic country. One culmination of the Pentecostal movement’s influence occurred at the annual Te Deum Day service which celebrates Chile’s independence from Spain. On September 18, 1975, for the …
Some of the first Reformed church leaders to come to the English American colonies were Presbyterians who started congregations as early as the late 1600s. As the denomination grew along the eastern US seaboard, it was decided the local congregations (known as presbyteries) needed to become more coordinated with each other by forming a synod of the local presbyteries. On …
