| 1930: American
missionary Gustav Schmidt, 39, opened the Danzig Instytut Biblijny in the Free City of
Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. It was the first Pentecostal Bible institute established in
Eastern Europe.
1934: Birthday of Dottie Rambo, contemporary gospel singer and
songwriter. She has authored such country gospel favorites as "In the Valley He
Restoreth My Soul," "Build My Mansion Next Door to Jesus" and "I Just
Came to Talk With You, Lord."
1948: U.S. Senate
Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: 'O God, forgive the poverty and the pettiness of our
prayers. Listen not to our words but to the yearnings of our hearts. Hear beneath our
petitions the crying of our need.'
1959: American
Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'Christianity is the greatest
intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched.'
1979: Over 1,100
Christian organizations combined to form the Evangelical Council for Financial
Accountability (ECFA). This oversight agency was created to demonstrate to the public that
religious groups wanted to make themselves accountable for the funds they raise and spend.
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com) |
