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1640 HT: Christianity.com What is the best form of church government? Should there be bishops ruling in a hierarchical order, should each congregation be independent, should councils and synods establish church policy, or should a church be organized along some other lines? These issues were being fiercely debated in England in the seventeenth century. On December…
1691 Death of the English non-conformist pastor, Richard Baxter, considered the greatest preacher and probably the best-known religious author of his day. 1808 Adoniram Judson, formerly an infidel, writes in his journal: “This day I made a solemn dedication of my life to God.” He will go on to become one of America’s most famous…
