Obadiah Holmes was born in northern England around the year 1607. He was the second son of Robert and Catherine Holmes, and was raised in a family of eight or nine children. He was baptized in March 1610. He became a glassmaker and a weaver, and ended up straying from the faith for a period […]
Christian History
Witness the history of Bible-believing Christians, from the time of Jesus Christ and the apostles until the present. Much of this material has been covered up, and omitted from secular history books. Bible believing Christians have gone under many names, including Paulicians, Donatists, Novationists, Albigensians, Waldensians, Anabaptists, Plymouth Brethren and Baptists. These groups were never a part of the corrupt Roman Catholic system, but were labled as "heretics" by the Catholic institution. Also covered are various revivals, including those who caused people to be saved out of dead, formal denominations to become Bible-believing Christians.
A Timeline of Christian History
This is a timeline of Christian groups through out the ages who contended for the true faith, and opposed the counterfeit Christianity that developed into Roman Catholicism. This timeline is by no means complete. First Century (32) – John the Baptist beheaded (33) – Christ’s death and resurrection (63) – Britain first reached with […]
Shubal Stearns Separatist Baptist Revivalist
Born on January 28, 1706, Shubal Stearns was destined to be a great preacher. Morgan Edwards, a Baptist historian, described him as …but a little man, but a man of good natural parts and sound judgment. Of learning he had but a small share, yet was pretty well acquainted with books. His voice was musical […]