Adoniram Judson (“A. J.”) Gordon was born April 19, 1836, in New Hampton, NH, to John Calvin Gordon and Sally Robinson Gordon. He was the second oldest and had eight siblings. His father was a Baptist deacon. Gordon was named after the missionary to Burma, Adoniram Judson, who translated the Bible into … Read more
More commonly known as A. B. Simpson, he was born on Prince Edward Island in Canada on December 15, 1843 to James and Janet Simpson. He was the fourth child, with one sister. His family was strict Calvinist Scottish Presbyterian with some Puritan principles. In 1859, an evangelist from Ireland visited his … Read more
Born December 15, 1897 to missionary parents in Damoh, India, Donald McGavran was the third generation of missionaries in his family. His family returned to the United States in 1910 and he attended school in Oklahoma and then Indiana. He was saved and baptized at the age of 14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, … Read more
William Cameron Townsend was born July 9, 1896, in Eastvale, California, USA to William and Molly Townsend. He was known by his middle name, and many called him “Cam.” Little is known about his childhood, which took place in southern California through college. He graduated from a Presbyterian school and attended Occidental … Read more
James Hudson Taylor was born on May 21, 1832 in Barnsley, Yorkshire to James and Amelia Taylor. He had two sisters, Louisa and Amelia. His father worked as a chemist (now we would call him a pharmacist) and was also a lay preacher in the Methodist church. When Hudson Taylor was young, … Read more
John Piper was born January 11, 1946, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has one older sister.His father was an evangelist who traveled and planted churches.The family moved to Greenville, South Carolina when the children were still small. Piper came to Christ at the age of six, with his mother, during a family vacation. … Read more
William Carey was born August 17, 1761 in Paulerspury, England. His parents, Edmund and Elizabeth Carey, had five children, of which William was the eldest. They belonged to the Church of England, and his father was a parish clerk and the schoolmaster of the village when Carey was six years old. He … Read more
Jeremiah Lanphier was born in 1809, in Connecticut. He grew up in New York, where they moved when he was 3. He started learning to be a tailor when he was 16, apprenticing in Albany. He became a businessman as an adult, and when he was in his late forties, he was … Read more
Dr. Ralph Dana Winter was born in 1924 in Los Angeles, California, to Hugo and Hazel Winter. He was the second of three sons. His father was an engineer who designed freeways. He made his commitment to Christ in a Christian Endeavor meeting as a teen. Little is known of his childhood, … Read more
1. The Israelites had been away from Egypt and in the wilderness for three months when the ten commandments were given to Moses. 2. This means that Adam, Noah, Abraham, and others, did not have the ten commandments. God did tell them what they needed to know, and they had a relationship … Read more