DECEMBER 11
EX-CON LARS OLSEN SKREFSRUD MADE GOOD IN INDIA (1910)
“The faint heartedness of ministers to preach the truth of God, lest they should displease the prelates as namely, the doctrine of predestination, of f...”
“The Root and Branch Petition.” http://history.hanover.edu/texts/ENGref/er97.html
The church should exhibit unity in diversity (1856)
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself—...
Events
1520
Martin Luther says no man can be saved unless he renounces the rule of the pope.
Authority for the date: Durant, Will and Ariel. The Reformation. The Story of Civilization.1825
Samuel Adjai Crowther is baptized at the age of sixteen. Recently a slave, he will become the first Anglican bishop of West Africa.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.1897
Anglican missionary George Pilkington, cooperating with British troops in Uganda, is killed.
Authority for the date: Harford, Charles Forbes. Pilkington of Uganda. New York: Revell, 1899.1905
Methodist leader Reverdy C. Ransom becomes the first African American to give an address at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, marking the celebration of the William Lloyd Garrison Centennial.
Authority for the date: Wikipedia.1910
Death of Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, famous Norwegian missionary. Once a thief, he had been converted to faith in Christ. In India he had translated the Bible into the Santal language and produced a hymnal using native tunes. He wrote textbooks, published a book of traditional Santal myths, founded schools that taught farming, animal care, and carpentry. He sought to establish a church the Santalese could run themselves. By his death, there were fifteen thousand or more Santal Christians.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1920
Soviets cut to pieces Russian Orthodox deacon Constantine Zverev with sabres because he stands up in defence of a priest.
Authority for the date: Moss, Vladimir. Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Urals, Siberia and Central Asia.