1536: Swiss Protestants in Strassbourg and Constance signed the First
Helvetic Confession. It became the first major document setting forth the common faith of
the Swiss Protestant churches.
1840:
Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: "No person can be a
child of God without living in secret prayer; and no community of Christians can be in a
lively condition without unity in prayer."
1921:
The first Southern Baptist church to be constituted in the state of Arizona was organized
in Phoenix formed principally of churchmen who protested the doctrinal views held by
leaders of the Northern Baptist Convention.
1946:
Members of Baptist congregations in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks met at Anchorage to
form the Alaska Southern Baptist Convention.
1962: In
Louisiana, Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel ordered all Roman Catholic schools in the New
Orleans diocese to end segregation.
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)
