March marks 150th anniversary of birth of ‘Streams in the Desert’ author Lettie Burd Cowman (1870–1960), an American writer and missionary, is best known for
2020 marks 200th anniversary of missionary’s trip to Sierra Leone Daniel Coker (1780–1846) was an African American who helped found the African Methodist Episcopal (AME)
2020 marks 125th anniversary of death of distinguished Baptist leader John Albert Broadus (1827–1895) was a distinguished Baptist scholar, pastor, teacher and denominational leader. This
2019 marks 125th anniversary of poet, hymnist’s death By Joanne Sloan Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), a famous Victorian poet, wrote the beautiful Christmas carol — “In
2019 marks 475th anniversary of birth of Archbishop Bancroft By Joanne Sloan Richard Bancroft (1544–1610) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610 and oversaw
2019 marks 200th anniversary of first medical mission in Asia By Joanne Sloan John Scudder (1793–1855) founded the first Western medical mission in Asia in