John Wesley became perhaps the greatest Christian leader of his generation and one of the most remarkable Christian witnesses this country has ever seen. He pursued personal holiness diligently, preached to and saw converted thousands of people and was a key part of a remarkable revival that swept Britain and America.
Wesley was one of 19 children and went to Oxford to study at 17. He was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1725 and a priest in 1728. In 1729 Wesley joined a group of Christians who met regularly to pray, worship, read the Bible and take communion. The...
William Carey was one of the most remarkable Christian missionaries of his generation and changed perhaps more than anyone how people thought about mission and spreading the gospel. He was a great inspiration to countless missionaries who followed him to India and other parts of the world and is responsible for many thousands of new disciples throughout the world.
Carey was baptised in 1783 and from the very beginning was a devoted evangelist. Unlike many of his friends and colleagues, Carey viewed evangelism as essential not as an optional extra. When Carey became a teacher of...
Stephen was known as ‘The Healing Evangelist’ and George as one of greatest evangelists of 20th Century - he was an evangelist and Bible teacher.
Stephen was born on 2nd September 1876 and was the 3rd son of Thomas and Kezia...
William Booth founded the Salvation Army and maybe you’ve heard of the Salvation Army and it does not make you think of an extreme, life transforming group living on the edge, BUT let me tell you about its founder who was definitely all of these things!
William was born in Nottingham in 1829 and for the first 13 years of his life things were fine, but at 13 years of age his parents went...
One of the miracles that occurred was when Smith was travelling during war time in a car. Petrol in these times was rationed. During the trip the car conked out as the petrol had run dry and the friend’s ration of petrol had all been used up. They were 17 miles from their destination and Smith was supposed to preach. He calmly asked the friend if he had any water with him and he did. He instructed the friend to pour it into the petrol tank, which in normal circumstances would have wrecked the car. However,...
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