Baptist History

For episode 47 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Georgi Vins.

Georgi was born to parents Peter and Lydia Vins in 1928 Siberia, Russia.  Georgi spent most of his life under Communist rule.

As a small child, Georgi would experience his Father sentenced to prison.  His crime was preaching the Gospel.  Georgi and his mother would not hear what happened for over 60 years.

After the conclusion of WWII, Georgi and his mother moved to Kiev where he earned an engineering degree.  For a time, they and the Baptists enjoyed a time of relative freedom, but that would change.

Throughout Georgi's ministry, he was imprisoned multiple times and always resisted the Communist regulation.

Listen along as we discuss how God used the ministry of Georgi Vins.

For episode 46 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Tom Malone.

Tom Malone accepted the Lord as his personal savior as a nineteen year-old young man. From that moment, Tom knew the Lord was calling him to preach.

For his training, Tom attended the newly started Bob Jones College.  In addition to his textual studies, Tom Malone was working to reach souls for Christ through his soul-winning efforts.

Upon graduation from Bob Jones, Tom took two small churches in the Detroit, MI area.  Later, he founded the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pontiac, MI.

Throughout his ministry, he preached in many of the largest Baptists churches throughout our nation.

The most notable mark of Tom Malone's ministry was his unending soul-winning efforts.

Listen along as we discuss how God used the ministry of Tom Malone.

For episode 45 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Lee Roberson.

Most know Dr. Lee Roberson for his pastorate of Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN.  God lead him to take the pastorate in 1942.  He would pastor this church for over 40 years.

During this time, God also lead him to start Tennessee Temple University, where hundreds of preachers were trained for ministry. Also, Lee Roberson began Camp Joy to reach thousands of children with the Gospel.  Camp Joy started in memory of Lee Roberson's youngest daughter, Joy, who died soon after birth.

Listen along as we discuss how God used the ministry of Lee Roberson.

For episode 44 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Harold Sightler.

God called Harold to the ministry in 1940.  To answer the call, Harold bought a tent and set it up in various places to preach the gospel.

A couple years later, while he was attending Furman University, God led Harold to start a radio program, "A Bright Spot Hour."  By the 1980s, the program was heard from coast to coast on over 100 radio stations.  The program was just simple preaching of God's word and encouraging believers.

During the 1960s, Harold Sightler started Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, as a ministry of Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Listen along as we discuss how God used the ministry of Harold Sightler.

For episode 43 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Ford Porter.

In 1918, Ford Porter began to pray for a ministry that would be a witness around the clock, long after his death.  Little did he know how God would answer that prayer.

During his pastorate in Princeton Indiana, God lead Porter to write a gospel tract.  His tract was simply, "God's Simple Plan of Salvation."  Little did he know how God would use his initial printing of 2,000 tracts.

God has used this tract many thousands of times over, long after Porter's death.

Listen along as we discuss the ministry of Ford Porter.

For episode 42 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Lester Roloff.

There may not have been a man with a bigger heart than Lester Roloff as he ministered to the down and out of the nation.

Beginning in 1944, Lester Roloff started the Family Alter Program on the radio.  He and his church led in opening several missions to reach the wayward drunkards and addicts as well as the neglected sin wrecked boys and girls.

Listen along as we discuss how God used the ministries of Lester Roloff to reach hundreds, if not thousands of wayward souls, even in the face of strong opposition.

For episode 41 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Hyman J. Appelman.

Appelman was a Jew born in Russia in 1902.  His family migrated to America, and after learning English and excelling in Northwestern and DePaul Universities, he became successful trial lawyer. (1921 to 1925)

After experiencing some severe work and mental overload, he was saved at 23 years of age.  He was immediately disowned by his family.  After a struggle with doubt and depression, he had a divine appointment with a chaplain who helped him.  He became an evangelist who saw thousands attend his crusades.

Appelman published 42 books, served on the mission boards of several organizations that ministered to Jews.  He went to be with the Lord in 1983.

For episode 40 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of John R. Rice.

Poor and in poverty, John learned how to get things from God through prayer.  He constantly saw God supply for his needs.

At the age of twenty-one, John entered Decator Baptist College where he took to milking the college cows and later was a waiter in the college dining room.

A few years later, John entered the University of Chicago, looking to obtain a Master's in Education and Psychology.  Through attending a service at the Pacific Garden Mission near the University, John felt God's call on his life.

God used John's preaching to reach thousands.  In addition to his preaching, John had an influential writing ministry.

Listen along with us this week as we explore the life of John R Rice.

For episode 39 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Myron Cedarholm.

Dr. Cedarholm was born June 20, 1915 in St. Paul, MN.  He was an athletic young man, which God used to help him minister to young people.

In 1965, Dr. Cedarholm became the president of Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, succeeding his friend and mentor, Dr. Monroe Parker.

Just three years later and due to conflicts of standards with the Board of Directors at Pillsbury Baptist College, Dr. Cedarholm resigned his position at Pillsbury and started Maranatha Baptist College in Watertown, WI.

For almost 20 years, Dr. Cedarholm lead Maranatha Baptist College and saw hundreds of missionaries sent around the world.

Listen along with us this week as we explore the life of Dr. Myron Cedarholm.

For episode 38 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of John Monroe Parker.

Dr. Parker was born in June of 1909 in Alabama.  He grew up in a godly home, and was saved after hearing the preaching of Bob Shuler.  He attended Bob Jones College in Florida, eventually becoming an evangelist.

He was able to witness to Al Capone himself while hitchhiking his way to college, and would find out later that the evangelist George Mensik was saved because of his riding as a bodyguard in the gang's car.

Throughout his life he was a professor at Bob Jones University, President of Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, as well as an evangelist.

His autobiography is Through Sunshine and Shadows.