1646 HT: Christian History Institute In seventeenth-century England, Parliament attempted to suppress Baptists for a number of reasons, among them a desire for greater religious unity. A law in 1645 forbade anyone from preaching unless they had been ordained in the Church of England or in some other reformed church. That law failed to have…
In his last inspirational and informative article on influential Scots in Church History and Missions for 2024, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh, writes, “It’s about an extraordinary Scottish missionary who pioneered at least 60 churches in Taiwan, a college which became a university and a theological training college, and a hospital, among other things. Wow!” Although…
1666 HT: Dan Graves When Hugh McKail dragged himself up the scaffold for his hanging, on this day, December 22, 1666 he did so joyfully. The twenty-six-year-old Scotsman was eager to enter eternal life with God and he told the crowd so. “Now I leave off to speak any more with created beings and begin my communion…
1846 HT: Christian History Institute ONE DAY AROUND 1890, the inmates of a workhouse in Wakefield, England, crowded to windows in anticipation. Their bishop was coming to speak to them! Like people who line a street to view a parade, they were excited. They expected at the very least a magnificent coach with a team…