Word: evangelistic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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MORE than 25 years ago Homer Rhodcheaver, student at Ohio Wesleyan, discovered that had all the talents that make an evangelist's helped. He could shout, sing, play the from bone, and possessed the physical vitality that made him a good college baseball player. He was Ohio Wesleyan's cheer leader, sang in the glee club and learned persuasion by debating on the varsity debate squad...
Today Mr. Rhodcheaver's career is measured in statistics. For 25 years he traveled with Hilly Sunday, the evangelist. He covered 700,000 miles of the grwdust trail, performance in 450 different localities, led 100,000,000 people song. He knows over 500 songs. Showing no of tiring, he is now heard over a radio network and community sing program. Through radio, he believes he has added another, 110,000,000 people to the who have lifted their voices in song under his arms and exhortation...
...altar, Sister Mary Kimmer. beauteous, blonde 19-year-old evangelist, exhorted the sanctified to come up "receive the Baptism of the Holy Ghost," give up all worldly things, become sanctified. A man who felt the spirit move toward a closer personal touch with Jesus went to the "sinners' bench.'' Behind him the congregation's feet stomped, hands clapped, voices cried, ''Glory, glory, glory, glory." Praying as he became the focus of mass hysteria, the man began to quiver, shake, jerk in a St. Vitus' dance. "Let him get through, oh Lord! More power...
Visiting star is an importation from India-Dr. E. (for Eli) Stanley Jones, who humbly calls himself "evangelist 10 the high castes of India." Born in Baltimore in 1884, Dr. Jones went to India as a Methodist missionary in 1907, has since made frequent excursions to the U. S., has sent forth several best-selling books. -The Christ of the Indian Road (over 600,000 copies), Christ at the Round Table, The Christ of Every Road, The Christ on the Mount, Christ and Human Suffering. In 1928 the Methodist Episcopal Church elected Dr. Jones a bishop. He immediately resigned, preferring...
...Albany. Buffalo and Pittsburgh followed the regular program laid out for future missions: Contact with every minister and influential layman in the community. This was achieved through: ij morning meetings of ministers and women; 2) luncheons for lay leaders, women, all office holders of all local churches; 3) noontime evangelist meetings in a downtown church or theatre; 4) afternoon seminars for ministers and laymen, conferences for young people; 5) evening mass meetings and sings; 6) huge Sunday popular mass meetings...