An order of the French parliament was published throughout Paris to the sound of trumpets, commanding all booksellers, printers, and others with German Reformer Martin Luther’s books in their possession, to give them up within eight days or face imprisonment and fine.
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria set sail on their historic voyage which brought Europeans to the Americas. The expedition’s leader, Christopher Columbus, had both missionary and trade ambitions.
The Mormon community that followed Brigham Young chose the site for their future temple (and present-day headquarters) near the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
A small congregation of English Separatists who had taken refuge in the Netherlands with their minister, John Robinson, left Leiden, Holland, bound for their native England. In December of that same year, these Separatists emigrated from England to the New World. In our country we refer to these persecuted religious emigrants as “the Pilgrims.”
English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis asserted in Letters to an American Lady: “What the devil loves is that vague cloud of unspecified guilt or unspecified virtue by which he lures us into despair or presumption.”
Father Edward Flanagan, Roman Catholic parish priest born in Roscommon, Ireland. He came to the U.S. in 1904 to receive his education, and was ordained in 1912. Flanagan served churches in Nebraska from 1912-16. Feeling an increasing need to help boys before they became hardened in crime and believing there was “no such thing as a bad boy,” Flanagan organized his Home for Homeless Boys outside Omaha, Nebraska, renaming it Boys Town in 1922. It was his aim to develop character in the boys by supplementing vocational training with social and religious education.
Selena came to MABC in 2010
Steve came to MABC in 2010
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Children’s Church MinistriesSherry began her ministry at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church in January of 2024.
Rick began his ministry at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church in January of 2024.
