Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Elisabeth Elliot was a Christian author and speaker. She was inspired by the missionary work of Amy Carmichael and her husband, Jim Elliot, was killed during the Auca Mission. Elisabeth Howard was born on December 21, 1926 in Brussels, Belgium. Her parents were missionaries and she had four brothers and a sister. The family returned to the United States when […]
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Martha Myers, was a doctor, who dedicated her life to sharing the gospel with the people of Yemen. She and two other missionaries were killed while serving the people of Yemen. Martha Myers was born on March 13, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama. Myers grew up in a Christian home and is described as “compassionate” even from a young age. By […]
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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activities. She was a co-founder of UNCF and one of the few women to serve as college president in the pre-Civil Rights era. She was born on July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina. She was the 15th of 17 children. Her parents were slaves and she […]
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James Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China for 51 years and founder of the China Inland Mission. He was born on May 22, 1832 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. His father, James was a pharmacist and Methodist lay preacher. As a young man he ran away from his parents Christian beliefs. He came to Christ at the age of 17, after […]
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor, theologian and one of the founding members of the Confessing Church. His stand against anti-Nazism cost him his life. He was born on Feburary 4, 1906 in Prussia, which was then in the German Empire {now in Poland}. His father, Karl, was a psychiatrist and neurologist while his mother, Paula, was a teacher. Dietrich […]
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