I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
John was a Scottish Christian missionary, orientalist and educator in the Bombay presidency, British India.
In 1828 he married Margaret Bayne and together they went as missionaries of the Scottish Missionary Society (SMS) to Bombay.
He was more intelligent than his siblings- learning to walk and talk at an early age. In the playground he was regarded as the ‘priest’ because he often preached to his classmates!l
1819-1827 he attended the University of Edinburgh studying linguistics (8 languages), philosophy and theology.
His first experience of teaching was as a guide and tutor to the three boys of Colonel Rose Cormack as they travelled through the Netherlands.
In Bombay the couple studied Marathi at Harnai. John established the Ambroli Church, a school for the young and a college (1832-6).
In 1829 Margaret established schools for girls. In 1832 she established a boarding school for females - now called St. Columbia High School.
They opened schools in Marathi and Hebrew for the native Jewish community of boys and girls. They translated the Old Testament for their benefit.
John was an author of many books (see Writings) and a started a periodical The Oriental Christian Spectator which ran from 1830-1862.
He was an archaeologist and passionate advocate for the preservation of Indian historical monuments becoming the Honorary President of the Asiatic Society in Bombay. In 1948 he was elected the first president of the Bombay Cave Temple Commission
In 1857 he helped establish Bombay University and became Vice-chancellor in 1869.
Edward was an American Maryknoll Catholic priest, missionary, relief/medical aid/educator worker. He worked in Kongmoon (now Jiangmen), Guangdong Province, China and Hong Kong in the mid 20th century.
Together, with two other priests, he entered Hong Kong on October 15th 1941. He stayed in China throughout WWII.
One story told is that he gave a crazy 15 year old boy 1 grain and 1 grain of calomel - a purgative . Within 3/4 days the boy was cured. The delighted father told the everyone the story - the accidental cure was worth 100’s of hours of preaching.
In 1947 , suffering from tuberculosis he returned to the USA. In the USA he became Vice Rector at Mountain View (1919-58).
In 1958 he returned to Hong Kong. In 1959 Edward, with Peter Alphonsus Reilly, were asked by the bishop to found a new parish in Kwun Tong - government planned satellite industrial town. They also set up a clinic in the poor neighbourhood to provide emergency treatment to injured workers - the Maryknoll sisters then took over the clinic and moved it to Lily House.
A school for 24 primary children was also opened.
In 1962 Kwun Tong became St. John the Baptist Parish of Kwun Tong -subdivided into 3 parishes in 1967.
In Kai Liu, a 15 minute away, The Maryknoll Fathers negotiated with the government for more space. (Read ‘Later service in Hong Kong’)’
Edward and Peter were kept very busy launching various programmes.
From 1966 - 1975 he worked as Auxiliary Chaplain in the Servicemen’s Guides’ Association. He offered more than 1,000 Sunday Masses on the ships.
Early in 1975 he suffered from a blood clot in his left lung.and returned to the USA. He died on the 23rd June 1975. He was buried in the Maryknoll Cemetery in New York.
In November 1975 the Maryknoll Hong Kong Chronicle wrote** the fruits of Fr. Frumpelmann’s efforts before his death. 62 tons of medical supplies arrived on the USS Niagara Falls with the cooperation of Operation Hanclasp.**
Edward was active from 1941-1975. Over 20 years he worked tirelssly for the people of China.
Cornelis (Kees) Boeke was a Dutch educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist. He is best know for his popular book *Cosmic VIew* (1957) which presents a seminal view of the universe from the galactic to the miscroscopic scale -which inspired several films( See Legacy).
Kees tried to reform education by allowing children contribute their ideas - a process he called sociocracy. He regarded schools as workshops with the pupils as workers and teachers as co-workers.
While in England he became a Quaker. He married Beatrice (Betty) Cadbury.
In 1912 the couple went as missionaries to Lebanon where Kees was headmaster at the Brummana School.
He was a pacifist- he was against war.
During WW1 he went to Germany and came back to UK and publicly said we should see Germans as our friends -for this he was deported back to the Netherlands.
After WW1 he erected a large conference centre in Bilthoven- the Brotherhood House. Queen Beatrix as a child attended his school.
In the late 1920s he started a school- in 1926 he founded De wekplaats (the workshop). He used Maria Montessori’s methods combined with Quaker ideals, plus his own ideas. He wanted the children to respect democracy. The children were treated as adults and on first name terms with their teachers.
Kees died on 3rd July 1966
During WW11 he joined the Dutch resistance movement against the Germans.
They sheltered Jews during WW11 and for this work they were later enshrined in Yad Vashem in 1992.
Source used Wikipedia
Wilhelmina (Minnie) Vautrin was an American missionary, diarist, educator and president of Ginling College.She was a missionary in China for 28 years.
Her mother died when she was only 6 and for 3 years was fostered before her father was allowed to look after her. She went to University, having to work to pay for the fees. She came out top of her class.
A request was made by the Foreign Missionary Society for her to replace a teacher in China. She accepted the request and established in Hofei the San Ching Girl’s Middle School.
In 1918 returned to USA to pursue a master’s degree in education. Ginling College, in China, approached her to serve as president for 1 year. She stayed for many years, with furlongs home, until 1940.
During the time of the Nanking Massacre the college was a place of refuge for 1000s of refugees.
In 1941, a year after returning to the USA , she committed suicide due to the extreme stress and trauma from the massacre. Minnie was postumously awarded the Emblem of the Blue jade by the Chinese government for her humanitarian work during the massacre.
Carl F. H. Henry was a leader of American Evangelism. He was a Baptist minister. He wrote 35 books. He helped establish Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He was the editor-in- chief of** Christianity Todayfounded by Billy Graham. He taught as a visiting professor across the world
He gave his life to Christ when he was aged twenty.
Christ has been real to me in a vital way ever since June 1933. it was a blinding experience. I know he was real. He’s alive. he is the Risen one. i’ve never , even in the most serious crisis of life, doubted that
The evangelical movement is deeply indebted to both Carl and his wife, Helga.
I have enclosed Wikipedia data and a picture of him sitting with Billy Graham.
Charles G. Trumbell was a key factor in the formation of the Victorious Life Testimony which sponsors the American Keswick in New Jersey, USA.
he was a spirit filled Christian journalist and leader.
His testimony is retained in an excellent pamphlet The Life That Wins.
He grew up in New Mexico and was educated at Yale and Notre Dame University.
He held editorial and publishing positions at the National Academy of Science, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty and Encyclopedia Britannica.
I have included sections from V. Raymond Edman’s book They Found the Secret**** to illustrate how the Holy Spirit had a profound effect on his life
His dates are born February 20th 1872; died January 13th 1941, aged 68.
Peter Frederick Jensen is a retired Australian Anglican archbishop, theologian and academic Principal of Moore Theological College (1985-2001). Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales in the Anglican Church of Australia (2001-13). Founding member of Global Anglican Future Conference(GAFCON) (2007) and former General Secretary.
Peter was born in Sydney, Australia on 11th July 1943.
He was educated at Bellevue Hill public School and The Scots College.
He studied law for 2 years and worked as an article clerk before teaching in a primary school.
In the 1960s he entered Moore Theological College. He was ordained in the Anglican Church of Australia as a deacon in 1969 an as a priest in 1970.
He was a curate at St. Barnabas, Broadway (1969-76). While at Oxford(1976-9),
studying for his D.Phil, he was allowed to officiate in the Diocese.
He has an MA (1976) from Sydney. BD from London and D. Phil from Oxford (1979
Peter lectured on systematic and biblical theology at Moore Theological College between (1973-6) and 1980-4). He was appointed principal (1985-2001
On 5th June 2001 Peter became the 11th Archbishop of Sydney. He gained a reputation as a gifted preacher. He encouraged an increase in church planting. 136 new congregations were planted between 2002-8. The number of ordination candidates rose from 20-30 to 40-50.
He has the reputation with the Australian media for being an outspoken advocate for evangelical Christianity.
He opposed to having women as bishops.
He is for the lay person to be licensed to preside at Holy Communion
Read - ‘Views’ for more information )
Peter retired as bishop on his 70th birthday - 11July, 2013. He retired as General Secretary of GAFCON) at the beginning on 2019.
As of 2014 he is co-editor of the Reformed Theological Review, He has written several books. He authored the Lenten study *Power and Promise *in late 20i4.
Sources used
GAFCON
Wikipedia
Matthew Henry was a nonconformist minister and author. He was born in Wales but spent most of his life in England. He founded in Presbyterian Chapel in Trinity Street, Chester. He is best remembered for his 6 volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.
Matthew was born on the Broad Oak family estate which bordered Flintshire and Shropshire. He was baptized the next day by the parish rector. As a young child he was frequently ill with fevers. His father provided much of Henry’s early education and by the age of 9 he was able to write Latin and read part of the Greek New Testament. In 1668 he was tutored in grammar by William Turner.
Aged 18 he was sent to a school in Islington, London to be tutored by Thomas Doolittle. He then transfered to Grey’s Inn to study Law. He also studied French and Literature. He then gave up his law studies for theology.
His friend George Illidge invited him to give his first sermon at Nantwich. In 1686 he was invited to move to Chester. England to establish a congregation. Reluctant at first he accepted and was ordained on 9th May 1687. He continued to live in Chester until 1712.
He married twice, Katherine Hardware and Mary Warburton.
Matthew spent significant amounts of time studying and writing his sermons and lectures in advance. After he had established himself in Chester he began to travel almost weekly to speak in nearby cities. His impassioned expository speaking style was well received by his listeners and contributed to his growing popularity but his speaking engagements began to impact on his health. He was frequently ill with fevers.
In 1698 he travelled to speak in London, for the first time since moving to Chester. He stopping at various places to speak on the way down.
The congregation in Chester grew and in 1699 he oversaw the construction of a new building- the Presbyterian Chapel in Trinity Street.
In 1704 he travelled to London again. In August he fainted while he was speaking. It took 3 weeks for him to recover.
18th May 1712 he and his family moved to Mare Street, Hackney. He kept busy by giving catechetical lectures in London and his Bible commentary was approaching the publication stage.
1713 his health continued to decline - he had frequent attacks of nephritis (kidney problems) but he continued to maintain his frequent speaking engagements and work on his commentary.
21st June, on his way to Nantwich, he was thrown off his horse. He denied injury to his companions and insisted on continuing his journey. His companions noted he lacked energy and they stopped at the Queen’s Aid House. The next day,22nd June, he lost consciousness and died.
Matthew’s legacy is his Bible commentaries. Charles Spurgeon stated, *Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least. *
( Read also John Wesley long comment)
Sources used
wikipedia
Saint Ambrose was fast tracked from being an unbabtized layman to a bishop in 8 days. The bishop of Milan suddenly died and there was an argument who should succeed him. Ambrose made a speech in church to calm the excitement caused by the election. The crowd cheered him and a child shouted Ambrose is bishop. The people took up the cry, he was baptized, ordained priest and consecrated bishop of Milan.
This had not been his intention. He had studied law and had been appointed governor of a district in northern Italy. He gave all his possessions to the church,
studied religion and became a very learned writer. As bishop of Milan he was able to dominate the culture and political life of Italy.
He challenged the authority of the Roman emperor, through his ability as a diplomat, on more than one occasion and provided a model for medieval concepts relating to church-state relations.
His writings have been acclaimed as masterpieces of Latin eloquence and his musical accomplishments are remembered through his hymns.
He is one of the original 4 doctors of the church.
He is also remembered as the teacher who converted and baptized Saint Augusto of Hippo.
Sources used Britannica, wikipedia and The Church’s Year by Charles Alexander.
Ralph D. Walters in 2005 was named by the Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America.
Dr. Ray Tallman in 2010 said he perhaps was the most influential persons in missions of the last 50 years and has influenced missions globally more than anyone I can think of.
It was during the 10 years whilst working as a missionary in Guatemala (1956-1966) that he developed and spearheaded the first Theological Education Extension (TEE) programme. This was a precursor for the modern theological distance programmes and the multi- campus models used today by schools and seminaries. It would allow ministers to improve their education without having to relocate. They would be able to study at extension campuses near their own town or village.
He was called a missiologist - he was a strategist, of the highest order. who studied how to improve the function of the Christian Church.
Sources used wikipedia and Ambassadors for Christ
John Charles Ryle was an English evangelical bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool. he was a strong supporter of the evangelical school. He was a writer, pastor and an evangelical preacher.
John was the eldest son of John Ryle, a member of parliament. His father’s family owned a bank. who was a private banker. He was educated at Eton and at the University of Oxford.
He left university with the intention of following in his father’s footsteps. Unfortunately his father’s fortunes took a down turn… They lost the family bank, filed for bankruptcy, and John needed to go in a different direction.
He had been converted in 1937 by hearing Ephesians 2 v 8 *God save you by grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift of God. *
He decided to be clergyman. He took holy orders (1841-2) and became a curate at Exbury, in Hampshire. ( read 3rd para. on Life ).
In 1880 he was designated dean of Salisbury and ‘at once’ 19th April advance to the newly seated see of Liverpool. He was bishop of Liverpool for almost 20 years (1880-1900) until his death at Lowerstoft on 10th June 1900.
John was described as having a commanding presence and vigorous in advocating his principles albeit with a warm disposition. He is credited with having some success in evangelizing the blue collar workers.
John had a number of published works ( See* Legacy* and ‘Published works’ )
He was buried at All Souls Church, Childwall, Liverpool.
Source used wikipedia
Saint Brice or Brictius (Latin) of Tours was a favourite of Saint Martin of Tours.
According to legend Saint Brice was an orphan who was rescued by Saint Martin and raised in the monastery in Marmoutier. He became a monk and later archdeacon to Saint Martin.
Apparently he was disliked by the other monks because of his rudeness and worldly ways. Saint Martin when asked to send the trouble maker away replied
’ If Jesus could come to terms with Judas, then I can certainly come to terms with Brice.’
When Saint Martin died in 397 he became bishop; he became a new man and ruled the monastery well.
In the thirteen year of his episcopate a nun, a washer woman, had a child. The rumour was that Saint Brice was the father. He submitted to ritual of carrying hot coals in his cloak, showing the unburned cloak as proof of his innocence. They still did not believe him. It was only after he had travelled to Rome and been absolved by the Pope did he return.
Having spent 7 years in voluntary exile Saint Brice return to find that those who had replaced him had died. He then served with such humility that on his death, 7 years later, he was venerated as a saint. He was buried beside Saint Martin.
In some pictures he is shown either with glowing coals in his robe or holding a baby in his arms as a result of the rumour.
Sources used
wikipedia
The Church’s Year* by Charles Alexander
Henry Emerson Fosdick was a liberal protestant American pastor, teacher and author who was central figure in the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s . He was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th century.
He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1903. He was minister at Montclair N.J. from 1904 until 1915. He taught at Union Theological seminary for nearly 40 years (1908-1946).
In 1919 he became associate pastor at th First Presbyterian Church in New York City. Crowds filled the church to hear his sermons but conservative Protestants denounced him modernist. His sermon * Shall the Fundamentalists win ? * on May 21st, 1922 , caused an uproar. It lead to his resignation 3 years later.
Within a few months he was called to the Park Avenue Baptist Church in New York. With the aid of John D. Rockefeller. Jr. as a trustee a larger interdenominational church was built. It was renamed the Riverside Church. Henry was pastor there and preacher on the National Vespers nationwide radio programme for the next 20 years (1926-1946).
Henry’s sermons won him wide recognition. Many of his sermon collections are still in print. His radio addresses were broadcast nationally. He was a prolific author of sermons, articles and books over 60 years. ( see Works -this does not include work he contributed to) )
He is regarded as one of the top 10 preachers of the 20th century.
Martin Luther King placed him first ( see info from King encyclopedia)
More recently Michael Duduit placed him 5th ( see My intro to by William l. Self)
Sources
wikipedia
Britannica Online Encyclopedi
The Martin Luther king Research and Education institute
The 10 greatest preachers of the 20th century
Saint Vincent was Spaniard who became a deacon under Valerius, Bishop of Saragossa. The bishop had a bad stammer so Vincent was commissioned to preach throughout the diocese and acted as his spokesman.
During the Diocletian persecution he was arrested and imprisoned in Valencia. He was offered his freedom if he would consign Scripture to the fire. He refused and speaking on behalf of himself and the bishop he informed the judge that they were ready to suffer anything for their faith. His outspoken manner so angered the judge that they inflicted all manner of torture on him.
He was stretched on the rack and his flesh torn with iron hooks. His wounds were rubbed with salt and was then burned alive upon a red-hot grid iron. He was then cast into prison where he died. He suffered his torture with such peace and tranquility that his jailer was converted. The elderly Valerius was exiled.
His body was placed in a sack and thrown in the sea. A woman or a group of Christians recovered the body. Legend has it that a flock ravens stopped vultures eating the body.
Saint Vincent became one of the most famous of the early saints.
King Afonso 1 of Portugal had the body of the saint exhumed in 1173 and brought it by ship to Lisbon Cathedral. The transfer of the relics is depicted on the coat of arms of Lisbon.
Sources
wikipedia
The Church’s Year by Charles Alexander
Samuel Rodriguez Jr. ( born 29th September 1969) is an Evangelical Christian evangelist. He is a pastor, author, television personality, civil rights activist and movie producer. He is the founder and pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center. He is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC.
His parents are Puerto Rican but he was born in the USA.
Aged 16 he delivered his first sermon and quickly grew to be a leading and acclaimed evangelical preacher.
He gained a MA for Organization Leadership form Northwest University.
In 1992 he became an ordained minister in the assemblies of God, a Pentecostal fellowship. In 2000 he founded and is currently the president of NHCLC.
NHCLC is the largest Hispanic Evangelical organization in the world with 40,118. Latino Evangelical churches as members. It helps to cultivate a network of Latino leaders in the Christian community.
As a spokesperson for the Hispanic evangelicals he has featured as a speaker in the White House and congressional meetings.
In 2017 as president of NHCLC he was pleased to release the statement that the organization was pleased President Trump had decided ’ to return power to states to withhold federal funds from abortion providers’
( Read statement)
Samuel currently serves on the board for the National Association of Evangelicals
He is an author and his book You Are Next (2019) is a publishers weekly bestseller. In 2019 he was the executive producer of the film Flamin Hot.
In 2013 he was nominated for Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People.
In 2015 he was named as one of Newsmax’s Top 100 Christian leaders in America.
In 2020 he was recognized as one of Israel’s Top 50 Christian Allies.
Samuel is now in his early 50s and still has a great deal to offer to the Latino Christian Community and beyond.
Sources
NHCLC
Wikipedia
Rodney Lee Parsley (born 13th January 1957) is a prominent American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist. He is the senior pastor of World harvest Church, a large pentecostal church in Canal Winchester, Ohio, Columbus.
He is the founder of a number of organizations.
Rodney’s Breakthrough -a media ministry -covers 8 areas of ministry
( in alphabetical order)
Bridge of Hope
Center for Moral Clarity started 2004 founder and president
City Harvest Network started 2017
Harvest Preparatory School founded 1986
Joni’s Journal written by his wife
Valor Christian College founder and chancellor
World Harvest Church Columbus started 1977 with 17, now 12,000 members World Harvest Church Elkhart
(See separate sheet for further information on each heading)
This is besides The Women’s Clinic of Columbus
His television program Breakthrough with Rod Parsley is aired daily on the several networks. RODPARSLEY. TV is a 24/7 online streaming channel.
Brief biography of Rod.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Raised as a Free Will Baptist. Enrolled at Circleville Bible college- left after 2 years. As youngster influenced by Lester Sumrall who became his mentor and traveling companion. Became pastor at World Harvest Church (1977-present. Married Joni Parsley in 1986. Children - boy & girl- now adults. (See separate article on Lester Sumrall)
In 2015 Rod was treated for cancer of the throat, but has since recovered.
I have concentrated on Breakthrough. I have included information from Wikipedia about World harvest Church, Political activism, Writings and Criticism of Parsley
Breakthrough is a worldwide soul winning ministry that is reaping the end time harvest and reviving the life of God in the hearts of humanity, With a fresh anointing on Rodney in this new millennium of ministry 1000s all across the world are being healed, saved and delivered by the power of God.
Sources
Breakthrough now
daystar.com
Ministries
The center for Moral Clarity
Wikipedia
Phillip Jensen is an Australian cleric of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and the former Dean of St. Andrew’s Cathedral. He founded the Australian Christian publishing house Matthais Media. He founded the Christian magazine The Briefing in 1988. He authored the Gospel tract The Two Ways of Living. He also created the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS).
He was chairman of the Katoomba Youth Convention (KYC) (1974-1991) & Convention Council (1983-91).
Phillip spent his early years living at Bellevue Hill, a suburb of Sydney. His first public statement of faith came at a Billy Graham crusade in 1959.
From 1967-70 he studied theology at Moore Theological College.
He married his wife Helen in 1969.
On graduation he worked at St. Matthew’s Manley and at the Department of Evangelism (now Evangelism and New Churches).
In 1975 he became Anglican chaplain to the University of New South Wales (UNSW)
In 1977 or8 he became rector of St. Matthias’ Centennial Park.
His university ministry was based around expository preaching and ‘walk-up evangelism’. There were many conversions and large student gatherings at UNSW. The congregation at St. Matthias grew from 20-30 in 1977 to over a 1,000 by the mid 1990s.
His work at UNSW included the creation of the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) which trained young people in practical ministry skills, preparing them for church ministry, ordained or otherwise.
After over 30 years he resigned as Chaplain for the UNSW in 2005.
From 1974-91 he led the reinvigoration of the Katoomba Christian Convention - an interdenominational ministry providing evangelical Biblical preaching to Christians. ( See notes on ’ Katoomba Christian Convention’)
1988 founded *The Briefing* an evangelical Christian magazine published by Matthias Media . It had a distinct Sydney Anglican slant.
(See notes 'The Briefing' - closed in 2014
He promoted lay administration of the Lord’s Supper and is an opponent of the ordination of women.
In 2003 he was appointed Dean of Sydney’s St. Andrews Cathedral and Director of the Sydney Diocesan Ministry Training and Development (MT&D)(2003-12). During his time there he changed many things. Peter Phillips, the Tallis Scholars’ director, accused him of ‘vandalising’ Anglican culture,
( Read 3rd para on ‘Views’)
In 2014 he announced he was resigning as Dean at the end of the year.
Phillip commenced work on Two Ways Ministries* (TWM) at Moore Theological College. TWM seeks to serve people by proclaiming the death and resurrection of Jesus through teaching people the Bible
Phillip currently accepts invitations to preach and to speak at inter/national conferences.
Sources
twowayministries
Charles Simeon became a leader among evangelical churchmen and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1799. He also helped found the *London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews *
(LSPCAJ) in 1809.
He also established what is now the *Charles Simeon Trust.
Simeon was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1759 and baptized the same year. He studied at Eton College and was an undergraduate from 1779 at King’s College Cambridge.
One Easter, while at King’s, he experienced a Christian conversion
In 1782 he became a Fellow of King’s College and was ordained a deacon and graduated B.A. in 1783.
He began as a minister as deputy to Christopher Atkinson at St. Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge.
He then received the living of Holy Trinity, Cambridge in 1783. Technically it was a curacy. He was appointed, under the age of 23, as a curate-in-charge for the bishop. Initially John Hammond was preferred by the congregation. Services were disrupted and he was insulted in th e streets. But Simeon stayed (1783-1836) there for the rest of his life and eventually had a crowded church.
He gained influence among the under graduates of the university. He taught, young priests in training Theology and preaching technique, at discussion parties hosted in his College room in the Gibbs building.
They were inspired by his dynamic preaching at St. Edward’s, Great St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity churches. They used his published 100s of sermons ,or skeleton of sermons, when drafting their own- to some an invitation to clerical plagiarism!
He became a leading evangelical churchman and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society ( now called Church Mission Society -see notes).
He also help found LSPCAJ) (now known as the Church Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ - see notes.)
He established the Charles Simeon Trust to encourage perpetuate evangelical clergy in the Church of England parishes. It continues to operate to this day.
( See notes- sorry about poor print).
In 1809 the British East India sought his advice of choice of Chaplains for India.
His main piece of work was a commentary on the whole Bible -Horae homileticae.
Charles died on 13th November 1836, aged 77. He was buried on the 19th in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.
His influence and authority extended to the most remote corners of England.
His real sway over the Church was far greater than that of any Primate…
Thomas Macaulay- historian
*One of the greatest and most persuasive preachers the Church of England has ever known * John Stott- evangelist
Sources used
King’s College Cambridge
Simeon’s Trustees and Hyndman’s Trustees
Wikipedia
Charles Frazier Stanley is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church (FBC) in Atlanta, Georgia, having been senior pastor for 50 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries (ITM) which broadcasts his sermons through television. He has served 2 one year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from 1984-6.
Charles was born in Dry Fork, Virginia on 25th September 1932 His farher died 9 months after he was born. He grew up in Dry Fork. Aged 12 he became a born again Christian. 2 years later he began his life’s work in Christian ministry.
Degrees BA from University of Richmond
MD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth
MT & DrTh. Luther Rice Seminary in Florida (now in Lithonia)
He joined the staff at FBC in 1969 and became senior pastor in 1971. The book
Think and Grow Rich served as a motivational book over many years.
In 1972 launched a half hour religious television program The Chapel Hour
The Christian Broadcasting Network began televising it in 1978.
In 1982 he founded In Touch Ministries . It uses tools like radio, television, magazines and digital media to advance the Gospel as quickly as possible.
Television *The Breakfast Club 1983-5.
In Touch with Dr Charles Stanley 1990-present *
1989 ’ In Touch’ named by NRB as Television Producer of the Year
1999 ‘In Touch’ named radio program of the year
In the USA it is broadcast on approximately 500 radio stations, 300 television stations and several satellite networks.
He is a an avid photographer and many of his photographs appear in the In Touch magazine,
( Called In Touch becomes it comes from a Living Bible he owned)
In 1984-6 he was elected president of the SBC.
He has authored more than 60 books and has hit the New York Times Best Seller’s List several times.
He developed 30 Life Principles that have guided his life and helped him grow in his knowledge, service and love of God. His grandfather gave him this principle - Obey God and leave all the consequences to him.
He was married to Anna J. Stanley for more than 40 years. They had a son, Andy and a daughter Becky. They divorced on 11th May, 2000. Anna died on 10th November 2014.
On 13th September 2020 he announced his retirement as senior pastor. He is now pastor emeritus.
Charles does not believe in retirement so he continues to work, now aged 88, at In Touch ministries
*It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives
*
Dr Charles F. Stanley
Sources used
Meet Dr. Charles Stanley
Wikipedia
Philip Ryken is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator. He is the eighth and current president of Wheaton College in Wheaton , Illinois.
He was born on the 29th September 1966.
Degrees
B.A. for English literature and Philosophy from Wheaton College 1988
M.D. for Divinity Westminster Theological Seminary 1992
D.Ph. in Historical theology University of Oxford 1995
Philip joined the pastoral staff of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1995 and was promoted to senior pastor in 2000 on the death of James Boice.
February 2010 Wheaton College of Board of Trustees announced his selection as their 8th president. He took office on 1st July 2010 and formally inaugurated on 17th September 2010 at Edman chapel.
He is on the council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals which features his preaching on its weekly radio and internet broadcast Every Last Word
(See information on ACE and Every last Word Radio).
He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Gospel Coalition, the Lausanne Movement and the National Association of Evangelicals.
He maintains a full schedule of speaking engagements on and off campus.
He has written over 50 books on a variety of Christian subjects.
He has also co-authored a series of commentaries on individual books of the Bible with R. Kent Hughes.
Together with his father Leland and James Wilmoit they wrote Ryken’s Bible Handbook.
He met his Lisa while they were students at Wheaton The couple have 5 children.
I have included information about Wheaton College.
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