Baptist History

For episode 37 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of John Birch.

Born to Presbyterian missionaries in India, John Birch was a gifted young man. He found himself at Bible Baptist Seminary under J. Frank Norris, who we discussed a couple episodes ago.

Listen along as we explore the life and ministry of John Birch, who eventually lost his life during WWII.

For episode 36 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of G.B. Vick.

George Beauchamp Vick was born 1901 into a lawyer's home.  His father soon after traded his career for the pulpit.  His father died suddenly and G.B. Vick's mother moved to Louisville, KY from there home in Nashville, TN.

A young Beauchamp Vick, gained employment with the railroads in the Fort Worth, Texas area during the oil boom.  Being a Christian, he and his young wife were drawn to the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth, under the pastorate of J. Frank Norris.

Norris asked Vick to consider being his help in the church and later asked him to take the Temple Baptist Church in Detroit as Norris was called to pastor both churches.

Listen along this week as we discuss the life and ministry of Beauchamp Vick.

For episode 35 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of J. Frank Norris.

Raised in a drunkards family, God used Norris to preach strongly against gambling, drinking, and modernism.

For most of his ministry, John Norris lead the largest church in Fort Worth, Texas.  Later, a church in Detroit called Norris to pastor their church.  Norris accepted the position which lead to his pastoring of the two largest churches in the country.

Listen this week as explore the life and ministry of J. Frank Norris.

For episode 34 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of George Truett.

George Truett was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas Texas for 42 years.  He was greatly used of God to reach thousands of people.  For a time, Truett lead the largest church in America.

Listen along as we discuss the life and ministry of George Truett.

For episode 33 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the ministry of Mordecai Ham.

Mordecai Ham came from a long line of Baptist Preachers; eight to be exact! God reached Mordecai when he was just eight years old.  Even-though he was saved, he tried getting away from the call of God on his life, by studying law.

However, God had his way.  After the death of his grandfather, Mordecai surrendered to God's calling.  God used Mordecai to preach through the south, reaching the "most notorious sinner."  He known for coming into a town before a meeting and actively inquiring who the worst sinner in town was.  He would then actively work to evangelize that person.

Listen along as we explore how God greatly used the ministry of Mordecai Ham and reached many souls for Christ.

For episode 32 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss Isaac McCoy.

Isaac began his ministry as a pastor in southern Indiana.  Later, he felt God's call to reach the Indians of the American Frontier throughout the Midwest.

Join us this week, as we discuss Isaac McCoy, who endured the hardships of the American Frontier to reach the American Indians for Christ.

For episode 31 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss Luther Rice.

In our last couple episodes, we discussed the lives of Adoniram and Ann Judson. Today, we will discuss a close friend of Adoniram Judson, Luther Rice.

Luther Rice met Adoniram Judson at Williams College where God burdened them for foreign missions.  Both men surrendered to go to India.  Through a turn of events, God lead Luther back to America.  God used Luther Rice to stir up interest in Baptist foreign missions.

For episode 30 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the wife of Adoniram Judson.  At the young age of sixteen Ann saw her need of the Savior.  Almost immediately, Ann was burdened for foreign missions.

She and her husband served Christ in Burma until her death at the young age of 37, in 1826.

For further details about the life of both Adoniram and Ann, read the book, To the Golden Shore, a biography of Adoniram Judson.

For episode 30 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the wife of Adoniram Judson.  At the young age of sixteen Ann saw her need of the Savior.  Almost immediately, Ann was burdened for foreign missions.

She and her husband served Christ in Burma until her death at the young age of 37, in 1826.

For further details about the life of both Adoniram and Ann, read the book, To the Golden Shore, a biography of Adoniram Judson.

For episode 29 of the "50 Baptist You Should Know" Series, we will discuss the Congregationalist-turned-Baptist missionary, Adoniram Judson.

While in Burma, war with Britain would put him in prison, where his wife, Ann sacrificed to feed and take care of him.  He was released when the Burmese needed a translator, but the effects of the situation on his wife and child would take their lives.

Judson married Sarah Bordman who would pass away while on the ship headed back to England.

His third wife Emily would challenge New England to continue his legacy for missions after his death in 1850.

Judson finished translating the Bible into the Burmese language, including the prerequisite of having to write down their language in a dictionary.  He paved the way for an astounding 3,700 Baptist churches in Myanmar today!