Posts Tagged ‘Church History’
Sketches of Non-Conformists (1)
Mark Minnick This is Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Part Three August 24 this year marked the three-hundred fortieth anniversary of the infamous 1662 ejection of nonconforming English and Scottish ministers from their pulpits. Some 2,000 English and 300 Scottish ministers, nearly one-quarter of all ordained pastors in those countries, were forcibly put out…
Read MoreAnticipating Future Persecution
David L. Cummins Terror! Since September 11, that very word has taken on a new meaning to Americans across the land, and fear grips the hearts of many. After all, America has been known as the “Land of the Free,” but surely “911” has taken on a new meaning in our society. While Americans of…
Read MoreReview: The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition
A review by Brian Collins Synan, Vinson. The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. In chapter one of The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition, Synan roots the origins of Pentacostalism in the teachings of John Wesley. He notes the influence of William Law as well as Jeremy Taylor, Thomas à Kempis, Madame…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists – Liviu Olah (3)
David Potter An evaluation of the ministry of Liviu Olah The Romanians in the United States were not as receptive to Olah’s message of repentance, and his ministry there was not as fruitful. Unlike Kornya, he had little impact on the Hungarian side of the border, probably due to the difficulty of cross border traffic…
Read MoreOlde Worlde Baptists: Liviu Olah (2)
David Potter At the end of 1973, Olah was called to be an assistant to Nicolae Covaci, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Oradea (now known as Emanuel Baptist Church). The call came because Covaci had suffered a heart attack and the church leaders asked him to invite Olah to be his assistant. When…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Liviu Olah (1)
David Potter Transylvania would not seem to be the likeliest place to search for heroes, much less for Baptist heroes, but two outstanding servants of Christ sprang from that region nevertheless, born 90 years and 75 kilometers distant from each other. Their names were Mihály Kornya and Liviu Olah. I have already devoted a series…
Read MoreGod’s Wondrous Works in Revival
John Van Gelderen One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works” (Ps. 145:4, 5). Thankfully, former generations who experienced God’s mighty acts have spoken of those wondrous works that we might be reminded of…
Read MoreOlde World Baptists: Mihály Kornya (9)
David Potter Kornya’s ministry had a remarkable range, both in time and in space. He traveled in what is now western Romania from beyond Oradea in the north to Arad and Timisoara in the south. He concentrated on this area and the corresponding area on the other side of what is now the Hungarian-Romanian border.…
Read MoreAs Then, So Now? (2)
Edward M. Panosian This article first appeared in Faith for the Family March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. This is Part Two • Part One here. Part One compared and contrasted the world of the first century and the world of the sixteenth, demonstrating many similarities between the periods. It closed with these…
Read MoreAs Then, So Now? (1)
Edward M. Panosian This article first appeared in Faith for the Family March/April, 1973. It is reproduced here by permission. Perhaps the two most significant periods in the history of Christianity are the first and the sixteenth centuries because of the revelation of God by the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the following Apostolic Age…
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