Biography

While Christians have always privileged the Bible as our ultimate authority in matters of faith and practice, we also recognize that the Christian life is an intergenerational and communal activity...

Following her miraculous release from a Nazi concentration camp, Corrie ten Boom refused to give into the weakness of anger, claiming, “Forgiveness requires more strength than hatred.” Sharing...

The story of Mrs. Judson’s trials as wife to “Judson of Burma” is one of the most touching in the whole of missionary annals. It is told with power and cannot fail to elicit admiration for this...

What can be accomplished in an ordinary man who trusts in an extraordinary God? George Muller discovered the endless possibilities! These excerpts from his diary allow Muller to tell his own...

God saved B. R. Lakin when he was around 18 years of age while working in the Forest Lands of West Virginia. Soon after that God called him into His service to carry the Gospel all over the world...

 Rev. Isaac McCoy, the great apostle to the American Indians, was born in Fayette Co., Pa., June 13, 1784. He came with his father to Kentucky in 1790.  In 1801 he was converted and joined the Buck...

John Clarke: Founder of the First Baptist Church in America."The unsung hero: The sad reality is that many have never heard of John Clarke or his great principles. His sacrificial life is a narrative...

Obadiah Holmes: Imprisoned and Beaten for His FaithThe Baptist Heroes of the Faith series is designed to meet a great need in our generation. For too long, Baptists have been pressured to accept the...

Shubal Stearns: The Apostle Paul to the Back Country"He was the chief light and the guiding genius behind the Seperate Baptist movement."The Baptist Heroes of the Faith series is designed to meet a...

John Leland: Key Proponent in Securing our First Amendment"What most people don't know is that if there was never a meeting between John Leland and James Madison, American may not have ratified the...

Samuel Harriss: Virginia's Blazing Comet"He is said to have been a man who always affected the hearts of those with which he came in contact."The Baptist Heroes of the Faith series is designed to...

William Carey: The Man that Awoke Two Continents to the Cause of World Missions"William Carey faced extremely adverse conditions; and yet in the end, his life's accomplishments laid a pattern of...