Author: Shalem John

Birth: 1798 Death: 1865 Native Place: New Jersey, United States Place of Vision: Hawaiian Islands Betsey Stockton was born into slavery in Princeton, New Jersey around 1798. She was given as a domestic slave to the family of Rev. Ashbel Green who was the President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University). However, she found favor in the eyes of Rev. Ashbel who taught her to read and allowed her to attend evening classes at the college. In 1815, Betsey came to the knowledge of Christ in one of the revival meetings on the campus. She accepted Christ and…

Birth: 19-11-1862 Home Calling:06-11-1935 Native Place: lowa Country: United States Place of Vision: United States Among the many baseball players who openly practiced Christianity, William Ashley Billy Sunday was a unique one. He exchanged his bat for a Bible and used his public speaking skills to save souls for Christ. Born in a poor family, Billy was a natural athlete. After spending some years in an orphanage and doing some odd jobs, he entered professional baseball in 1883. In 1886, he started attending the church service at the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago during a baseball season. It was during…

Birth:-293 AD Death: 373 AD Native Place: Alexandria Country: Egypt Place of Vision: Egypt Athanasius was the chief defender of Christian orthodoxy in the 4th century battle against Arianism, the heresy that the Son of God was a creature of like, but not of the same, substance as God the Father. Athanasius received his philosophical and theological training at Alexandria. Followed by the death of the Bishop Alexander of Alexandria, he was appointed the Bishop of Alexandria. He was exiled five times by four Roman emperors for his defense of the doctrine of Christ’s divinity, spending 17 of the 45…