Author: Shalem John

The federal government shutdown furloughed 57 members of the Commonwealth of Faith church, where a third of the 350 attendees are federal workers, including bivocational pastor Torion Bridges and his wife Jasmine. The change could jeopardize financial gifts from a quarter of Commonwealth of Faith’s adult members, Bridges said. “Some people give when they don’t have, but the reality is, some people stop giving,” Bridges said, especially since they don’t know how long the shutdown will last or in some cases, whether their positions will be retained. That made the news all the more comforting when, just a couple of…

Birth: 1759 Home Calling: 1836 Native Place : Berkshire Country: England Place of Vision: United Kingdom While many Christian heroes made a difference to the world by traveling from one end to the other, Charles Simeon made a difference by staying in the same place ministering for fifty-four years. Although born in a Christian family, growing up, Simeon had no interest in religion. However, while he was a student at King’s College, he became interested in one of the Christian groups called the ‘Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.’ Through this society, Simeon found an opportunity to read several spiritual books,…

Birth: 19.06.1834 Death: 31.01.1892 City: Kelvedon, Essex Country: England Place of Vision: England Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born into a family of clerics. Though his formal education was limited, he loved books and was fascinated with John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. On 6th January 1850, when Spurgeon set out to attend his usual church, a snowstorm forced him to attend the nearest Primitive Methodist chapel. That’s where he heard the sermon that melted his heart to invite Christ into his life. Spurgeon was just 15 when he got baptized later that year and joined the Baptist church. Thereafter, he moved to…