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177 articles found for “Baptism of Jesus; Lent”

• Susannah Spurgeon

  [People]

  Susannah Spurgeon (1832–1903) was a Christian author and the wife of the English Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon. In 1875 she founded the Book Fund, which sent theological books to ministers of limited means.

• Protestantism

  [Denominations]

  Protestantism is a major branch of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the sixteenth-century Reformation. The term refers collectively to a number of denominations, including the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Holiness, and Pentecostal churches.

• Zechariah and Elizabeth

  [People]

  Zechariah and Elizabeth were a priestly couple in Luke 1 who remained childless into old age. As the angel Gabriel had foretold, they became the parents of John the Baptist.

• Adoniram Judson

  [People]

  Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) was an American Baptist missionary. Working in Burma (present-day Myanmar) for nearly forty years beginning in 1813, he produced the first complete translation of the Bible into Burmese, and his work was the catalyst for the formation of an American Baptist foreign mission organization.

• District Conference

  [Organization & Polity]

  A district conference is an intermediate-level body formed by the churches of a given region in Methodist, Holiness, Baptist, and other denominations, or the meeting that such a body holds. It occupies roughly the same position as the presbytery in Presbyterian churches.

• Billy Graham

  [People]

  Billy Graham (1918–2018) was an American Southern Baptist minister and mass evangelist. He is regarded as a leading representative of twentieth-century evangelicalism. His 1973 crusade on Yeouido in Seoul also had a significant impact on Korean Protestantism.

• Millerite Movement

  [History]

  The Millerite movement was an interdenominational end-times movement in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. It arose after the Baptist lay preacher William Miller predicted that Christ would return around 1843–1844.

• Evangelicalism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Evangelicalism is a broad movement within Protestantism that emphasizes conversion, the authority of Scripture, Christ's atoning death on the cross, and evangelism and service. The term does not designate a particular denomination; it refers to a current of faith that spans many denominations.

• John Piper

  [People]

  John Piper (1946– ) is an American Baptist pastor and theologian. He served for thirty-three years at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, advocated what he calls "Christian Hedonism," and founded the ministry Desiring God.

• Emma Revell

  [People]

  Emma Revell (1843–1903) was the wife of the American revivalist Dwight L. Moody. A Sunday school teacher, she is known for supporting her husband's ministry by handling its correspondence and finances.

• Donatist Controversy

  [History]

  A schism and controversy in the North African church of the early fourth century over whether sacraments administered by clergy who had renounced the faith during persecution were valid, and over how pure the church must be.

• 1973 Billy Graham Crusade in Korea

  [History]

  A large-scale united evangelistic campaign held at Yeouido Plaza in Seoul from May 30 to June 3, 1973, at which the American evangelist Billy Graham preached. More than 1.1 million people are reported to have gathered on the final day.

• Rick Warren

  [People]

  Rick Warren (1954– ) is an American evangelical pastor and author. He founded Saddleback Church in California in 1980 and wrote *The Purpose Driven Church* and *The Purpose Driven Life*.

• Paek Hong-jun

  [People]

  Paek Hong-jun (1848–1893) was an early Korean Protestant from Uiju, North Pyongan Province. Baptized in Manchuria by a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, he was among the first Koreans to receive Protestant baptism, and he spread the gospel throughout the Uiju region as a colporteur and evangelist.

• Commissioner (Church Delegate)

  [Organization & Polity]

  A commissioner is a delegate sent by a lower church assembly, such as a session, presbytery, or district conference, to represent it at a higher assembly, such as a presbytery or general assembly. The term is used mainly in Presbyterian churches; other denominations use terms such as "delegate" or "representative."

• Bob Pierce

  [People]

  Bob Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and evangelist. During the Korean War he founded World Vision (known in Korea as Sunmyunghoe) together with Korean church leaders such as Han Kyung-chik, and in 1970 he founded Samaritan's Purse.

• Ann Hasseltine Judson

  [People]

  Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826) was an American Baptist missionary. She served alongside her husband, Adoniram Judson, in Burma (present-day Myanmar) and is widely remembered for sustaining him while he was imprisoned.