But this renewed interest in poverty alleviation is doomed to fail if it is not rooted in the local church—God’s established means of drawing downtrodden people into a transformative relationship with himself
this volume includes a unique analysis of the one hundred hymns recorded as having been chosen by Spurgeon on most occasions
the father of the better known preacher and missionary to China William Chalmers Burns (1815–68)
this text will remain a perennial and indispensable tool for years to come
Following the division of the kingdom
Faithful Witness devotion But this renewed interest inFrom a cobbler's shop in rural England, William Carey went on to become renowned as 'the father of modern missions'. Driven by a burning desire to make Christ known, he spent the last forty years of his life in India. Despite his lack of education and many hardship (including the long term depressive illness of his first wife Dorothy and the deaths of three children), he learnt several languages, translated the Bible, preached the gospel, administered