Octavius Valentine Catto (1839-1871)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Octavius Valentine Catto was born of mixed-race parents in slave-holding South Carolina. His mother, Sarah Isabella Cain, was a free..Read more
Glenn Sunshine
Mildred Fay Jefferson (1926-2010)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Mildred Fay Jefferson was born in Pittsburg, Texas, and was raised in Carthage, Texas. She was the only child of..Read more
Marguerite d’Angoulême (1492-1549)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Dynastic Politics Charles, Count of Angoulême, was a Prince of the Blood—that is, a member of the royal family of..Read more
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Politics in the Middle Ages in Europe was a very complicated affair. One of the central conflicts was between the..Read more
The Hussites and the Moravians
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
The Hussite Wars When the Council of Constance executed Jan Hus in 1415, his followers in Bohemia were outraged. They..Read more
Jan Hus (c. 1369-1415)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
October 31, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. In the year leading up to..Read more
John Wycliffe (c. 1324-1384)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
October 31, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. In the year leading up to..Read more
How are Christians to View Government?
Lessons from Church History, Part 8
As discussed in the previous article, the principles underlying the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were built on ideas..Read more
André and Magda Trocmé and the Village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a small village in south-central France. Along with the surrounding villages, the total population of the area..Read more
Frederick Douglass (c.1818-1895)
CHRISTIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR WORLD
Frederick Douglass was a monumentally important figure in American history, whose story is not as well known as it should..Read more
