Author: Shalem John
Birth:-680 Home Calling: 05-06-755 Native Place: England Place of Vision: Netherlands and Germany Christians through the centuries have been tenacious in holding to their beliefs, even if it demanded their martyrdom. They didn’t consider persecution a loss but an ultimate honor of finding life in God. For the Bible says, ‘For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me (Jesus) will find it.’ Boniface (meaning ‘doer of good’) was one of those martyr heroes who did not hesitate to give his life so that pagan Frisians (ethnic groups of Netherlands and Germany)…
Birth: 1st Century Home Calling :- Homeland : Judea Place of Vision: Ethiopia Matthias (meaning, ‘gift of God’) was the chosen one to replace Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. After the ascension of Jesus Christ, all his disciples gathered in Jerusalem for fellowship and prayer, awaiting the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit. There, Peter, knowing the Scriptures (Psalm 109:8, Psalm 69:25) were to be fulfilled, proposed that another person should take Judas Iscariot’s place among the Apostles to continue the ministry. After praying together, the Apostles chose Matthias and numbered him with the eleven.…
Birth:-387 AD Death:-490 AD Native Place: Britain Place of Vision: Ireland Little did young Patrick knew that God would take him back to the same country where he was taken as a captive by the Irish pirates and sold into slavery. In a radically pagan Ireland, far from home, Patrick clung to the religion he had ignored as a teenager. Though his grandfather had been a priest and his father a deacon, Patrick knew not the true God. Yet, God used this time of captivity in a foreign country to develop his faith. He spent much of his time in…