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St. Patrick’s Day Resources

Today is St. Patrick’s Day.  March 17 was made an annual feast day in the early seventeenth century and has become a celebration of Irish Culture in general.  Though much of what is associated with Patrick is not really true, he is one of my favourite Christians of all time.  Patrick was a born again [...]

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The New Hebrides Awakening of 1949

Church attendance was in decline after World War II. Not a church in the Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland could boast of having a single young person attending Sunday services. Instead, the youth of Scotland flocked to “the dance, the picture-show and the drinking-houses.” Although the region had experienced many revivals in its past, the postwar years [...]

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William Carey’s Birthplace

Last week, while we were in England, we had the opportunity to birthplace of William Carey in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. According to Wikipedia, “William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Baptist missionary and a Reformed Baptist minister, known as the ‘father of modern missions.’ Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary [...]

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