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Christian History Institute's Chronological Index of Stories
A.D. 1901 through 2000

 


 


 
History of Christianity is a six part survey designed to stimulate your curiosity by providing glimpses of pivotal events and persons in the spread of the church.
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The dates refer to the focus date of a story when known, otherwise any key year associated with the subject.

? means that a year is uncertain or unknown within a wide range
ca. means "circa," or "about"
ff means "and following"
fl. means flourished
    1901ff . . Amy Carmichael, Kindly Kidnapper (Glimpses)
    1901ff . . Modern Persecution (Glimpses)
    1901 . . . Was Agnes Ozman Speaking Chinese?
    1901 . . . Amy Carmichael's First Act of Kidnapping
    1901 . . . John Stainer, Composer of The Crucifixion
    1901 . . . Chalmers and Co. Clubbed to Death on the Fly
    1901 . . . Clara Maass Died to End Yellow Jack
    1902 . . . Taft's Curious Connection with the Church
    1902ff . . J.C. Penney (Glimpses)
    1903 . . . Baptism of Indian Warrior Geronimo
    1903 . . . Sundar Singh's Vision of Christ
    1903 . . . Sundar Singh, The Seeking Sikh (Glimpses)
    1904 . . . Let There Be Peace Between Argentina and Chile
    1904 . . . Althea Brown Feared for Her Life
    1904 . . . Revival Swept Across Wales (Glimpses)
    1905 . . . Lew Wallace, Author of Ben Hur
    1905 . . . Russian Evangelicals Promised Tolerance
    1905 . . . Harold Ockenga, American Evangelical Leader
    1905 . . . Enter Dag Hammarskjold
    1905 . . . George MacDonald, Original Author
    1905 . . . Thomas Barnardo's Head Grew Heavy
    1906 . . . Oswald Smith: "The Greatest Event of My Life"
    1906 . . . Holy Spirit Fell on Seymour & Associates
    1906 . . . Josephine Butler Championed Women
    1906 . . . Kurt Godel Proved Truth Higher than Logic
    1907 . . . Abraham Kuyper, Statesman-Theologian
    1907 . . . Heaven's Hound Got Francis Thompson
    1907ff . . C. S. Lewis: Chronicles of an Apologist (Glimpses)
    1909 . . . Sheldon Jackson Accommodated the Newspapers
    1909 . . . Genesis Is History, not Myth
    1910 . . . A Day for Father
    1910 . . . Robert T. Ketcham Converted
    1910 . . . Lars Skrefsrud, Norway's Famous Missionary
    1911 . . . Off the Cuff Decision Sparked Boreham Series
    1911 . . . Hannah W. Smith's Secret of Happiness
    1911 . . . The Story of Shiloh (Glimpses)
    1912 . . . Joseph Lister
    1912 . . . While Titanic Sank, John Harper Preached
    1912 . . . Millionaire Borden of Yale Gave All for Christ
    1913 . . . Bennard Introduced "The Old Rugged Cross"
    1913 . . . Earthly Remains of Lord Radstock
    1913 . . . Jack Wyrtzen, Founder of Word of Life
    1914 . . . Pulling Together--Assembly of God
    1914 . . . Woodrow Wilson Proclaimed Mother's Day
    1914 . . . The Christmas Truce
    1915 . . . Mary Slessor Tried to Transform Nigeria
    1915 . . . Turkish Order to Murder Armenians at Aleppo
    1915 . . . Fanny Crosby, American Hymn Writer (Glimpses)
    1916 . . . Father de Foucauld Martyred in the Sahara
    1916 . . . Suwa Maru Docked at Kobe with Irene Webster-Smith
    1916 . . . Assassination of Rasputin
    1917 . . . Mother Cabrini
    1917 . . . Death of Holy Spirit Student, Stephen Merritt
    1917 . . . Shy Henry Swete Battled for Bible Truth
    1917 . . . 3 Children Predicted Something at Fatima
    1917 . . . Cameron Townsend Resolved to Do God's Will
    1917 . . . Father Flanagan Opened Home for Poor Boys
    1917 . . . Bolsheviks Bore Down on Orthodox
    1918 . . . Ludwig Nommensen's Amazing Faith & Foresight
    1918 . . . Joseph Gilmore's Memorable Hymn
    1919 . . . Lillian Trasher forced to Leave Egypt
    1919 . . . Religious Implications of Eddington's Evidence
    1920 . . . Peter Dyneka Was Dynamite
    1921 . . . KDKA Made Religious Waves
    1921 . . . Alexander Whyte Overcame Illigitimacy
    1921 . . . Death of Deaconness Elizabeth Fedde
    1921 . . . William Temple Enjoyed a Children's March
    1921 . . . Cyrus Ingerson Scofield Passed to Judgment
    1921 . . . Florence Matheny, Missionary to Japan
    1921 . . . William Kirkpatrick Wrote to Rescue Souls
    1921 . . . Campus Crusade's Bill Bright
    1921 . . . P.T. Forsyth's Unique Perspective
    1922 . . . Mr. Chesterton Made His Confession
    1922 . . . Death of Soul-winning Merchant, John Wanamaker
    1924 . . . Rambo's Elephant-size Problem
    1924 . . . Death of Ivan Prokhanov, One of the Milk People
    1924 . . . Eric Liddell's Olympic Victory
    1924ff . . Eric Liddell: Champion Athlete (Glimpses)
    1924ff . . Eric Liddell: Finishing the Race (Glimpses)
    1924 . . . Miserable Hannah R. Hurnard Was Converted
    1924 . . . James Moffatt's Modern-Language Bible
    1925 . . . Butler Bill Forbade Teachers to Deny Creation
    1925 . . . Faith Put Harold Wildish on a Boat
    1925 . . . Conwell Preached Help Neighbor & Reap Diamonds

    1926 . . . Jungle Doctor Signed a Decision Card
    1926 . . . Bob Childress Headed for the Hills
    1926ff . . Bob Childress Who Tamed the Buffalo (Glimpses)
    1928 . . . China Trio Returned to Share Gospel in the Gobi
    1928 . . . Flynn's Flying Ambulance for the Outback
    1928 . . . Tozer Began Long-Lasting Chicago Ministry
    1929 . . . World's Smallest Sovereign State Born
    1929 . . . Fear of Conscience in the USSR
    1930 . . . Harry Emerson Fosdick Dedicated Riverside Church
    1931 . . . Indian Warrior Oakerhater Followed New Captain
    1931 . . . C.S. Lewis' Sidecar Conversion
    1931 . . . Quadragesimo anno
    1932 . . . John Stam Chosen for China
    1932 . . . Allen Yuan Converted, Thanks to Prayer
    1932 . . . Gladys Aylward's "Impossible Mission" to China
    1933 . . . Dawson Trotman's Dry Land Navigators
    1933 . . . Kivebulaya, The Congo's Extraordinary Evangelist
    1933 . . . Codex Sinaiticus to Britain via St. Petersburg
    1934 . . . Reformed Churches Muzzled but Protest at Barmen
    1934 . . . Betty & John Stam Martyred (Glimpses)
    1936 . . . Ethiopian Church Did More than Survive
    1936 . . . Hugh Ross Mackintosh's Scottish Theology
    1936 . . . Congo Martyr Bill McChesney
    1937 . . . With Burning Concern, an Encyclical
    1937 . . . Arthur Pink Wrote One of Many Letters
    1937 . . . No Obstacle Too Big for LeTourneau's God
    1938 . . . Niemoller Imprisoned for Righteous Resistance
    1938 . . . The Kuhn's Rainy Season Bible School
    1939 . . . Theodore Epp Aired 1st Back to the Bible Program
    1939 . . . Energetic Evangelist W. E. Biederwolf
    1941 . . . Maximilian Kolbe Gave His Life for another Man
    1941 . . . Marianna Slocum's Last Days with Her Fiance
    1941 . . . Sayer's The Man Born to Be King
    1942 . . . Martyrs' Remembered in Papua
    1943 . . . Carver's Secret of Success
    1943 . . . 4 Chaplains Set a High Standard of Heroism
    1944 . . . Conversion of Chain Gang Convict, Ed Martin
    1944 . . . Corrie Ten Boom Suffered More than Flu
    1944 . . . Death of Amazing Chinese Evangelist John Sung
    1945 . . . "Dear Freya..." Martyr Moltke's Last Letter
    1945 . . . Bonhoeffer's New Residence Not a Nice Place
    1945 . . . Bonhoeffer Executed on Hitler's Order (Glimpses)
    1945 . . . John Noble Learned to Pray
    1945 . . . Robert Jaffray Died in a Dirty Japanese Prison
    1945 . . . Little Boy Obliterated Pastor Kiyoshi's Family
    1947 . . . Inimitable Peter Marshall Took on the Senate
    1947 . . . A Conscientious Baptist Split
    1947 . . . The Ayor Came out of the Jungle
    1947 . . . Ecumenical Church in India
    1947ff . . Evelyn "Granny" Brand (Glimpses)
    1948 . . . Trever Asks to Photograph Dead Sea Scrolls
    1948 . . . Prisoner Number One: Richard Wurmbrandt
    1948 . . . Union Jack Down, Star of David Rises
    1948 . . . Death of Melody Man, Luther B. Bridgers
    1948 . . . The Triumph of the Far East Broadcasting Co.
    1948 . . . Formation of World Council of Churches
    1948 . . . Arrest of Valiant Cardinal Mindszenty
    1949 . . . Last of the Inklings' Thursday Meetings
    1950 . . . Hot Lead in Columbia Felled Pastor Quintana
    1950 . . . Evangeline Cory Booth Spent Her Years for God
    1950 . . . Rescuers Failed to Reach Downed New Tribes Plane
    1950 . . . Bill Wallace Arrested in Early Morning Raid
    1950 . . . Pius XII Announced Discovery of Peter's Tomb
ca. 1950ff . . Harriet Tubman (Glimpses)

    1952 . . . Death of Bible-backing Archaeologist Kenyon
    1954 . . . Billy Graham Took a Bombshell
    1954 . . . What Wang Ming-Dao Preached before His Arrest
    1955 . . . Stanley Tam Gave God the Business
    1955 . . . Promoter of World Missions, John Mott
    1955 . . . Last Flight for Al Lewis
    1955 . . . Neighbor Search in Ecuador
    1955 . . . Jesse Overholtzer and Child Evangelism
    1955 . . . Bishop Kung Arrested by Communists
    1956 . . . Missionaries Died in Ecuador Jungle
    1958 . . . Wilkerson Became a Fool for Christ in Public
    1959 . . . Coptic Church Chose Kyrillos VI as 116th Patriarch
    1963 . . . Russian Pentecostals Took the Road
    1963 . . . Birmingham Blast: Why Children?
    1963 . . . Death of C.S. Lewis
    1964 . . . Too Late Warning for Irene Ferrel
    1964 . . . Congo Rebels Reached Helen Roseveare
    1965 . . . Baptist Union in Russia
    1965 . . . East & West churches Reconcile
    1966 . . . Lemaitre's Adieux to Scientific Creation Theory
    1968 . . . Missionary Henry Blood died in Viet Cong Hands
    1968 . . . Humanae Vitae
    1968 . . . Astronauts Read Genesis from the Moon
    1968 . . . Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    1970 . . . Good-bye to Frank Laubach, Apostle of Literacy
    1970 . . . Teresa of Avila, First Woman Doctor
    1972 . . . Forbidden Truth; Chronicle Documented Cruelty
    1972 . . . 20th Prison Anniversary for Watchman Nee
    1972 . . . Moiseyev Martyred by Soviets
    1973 . . . Roe vs. Wade: Abortion's Religious Dimension
    1973 . . . "No Intentional Wrongdoing" by Thomas Road Baptist
    1973 . . . Chuck Colson's 1st Geniune Prayer
    1973 . . . Tolkien's Middle-Earth a Christian World
    1973 . . . Christian Elements & Symbols in Tolkien
    1973 . . . Ken Pike: From Shyness to Scholastic Honors
    1973 . . . Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago Published
    1974 . . . Feminine Revolt: 11 Demand Ordination
    1974 . . . The End for Evelyn "Granny" Brand
    1975 . . . Oliver Plunkett Canonized

    1977 . . . Christian Campus Destroyed in Flood
    1978 . . . US Stamp Honored Ex-Slave Harriet Tubman
    1978 . . . Solzhenitsyn's Commencement Speech
    1978 . . . The New International Version Published
    1980 . . . Outspoken Hero, Bishop Romero, Assassinated
    1981 . . . Coptic Leader Shenouda III Deposed
    1984 . . . Student Protest in Poland
    1984 . . . Schaeffer Energized Evangelical Thought & Action
    1984 . . . Noble Alexander Stepped off a Plane
    1984 . . . Vatican Rebuked Theology of Marxists
    1987 . . . J. Edwin Orr, Revival Man
    1987 . . . Pat Robertson's Presidential Bid
    1990 . . . Alexander Men Murdered One Sunday
    1992 . . . Islamic Gunmen Hit Christian Radio Station
    1993 . . . Missionaries Kidnapped in Columbia
    1993 . . . Finally Israel & Vatican Agreed
    1994 . . . Death of Persistent Jim Broomhall
    1999 . . . Columbine Killers Targeted Christians, Too
 
   
Image: Composer John Stainer with family. Page last updated May, 2007.
 
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