Louis S. Bauman1875-1950Louis Sylvester Bauman, pastor, missionary statesman, Bible conference speaker, and author, was born on November 13, 1875. The son of an itinerant Brethren minister and evangelist, William J.H. Bauman, he yielded to...
Louis Entzminger, 1876-1958, Administrator
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Samuel Porter Jones, 1847-1906
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Lester Roloff, 1914-1982, Evangelist, Broadcaster
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Rodney “Gypsy” Smith, 1860-1947, Evangelist
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Jonathan Goforth, 1859-1936, Missionary to China
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Robert Raikes,1736-1811, Sunday School Movement
Robert Raikes 1736-1811 Sunday School, the greatest lay movement since Pentecost, was founded by a layman. Robert Raikes was the crusading editor of Gloucester Journal. After becoming frustrated with ineffi- cient jail reforms, Raikes was convinced...
Robert Pierce Shuler, 1880-1965,Methodist Preacher
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Robert Murray McCheyne, 1813-1843, Intercessor
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