Rain fell in drenching torrents, blowing leaves and debris across the cold, farm landscape. The sun setting below the horizon made the dark, ominous clouds seem even more threatening. Thunder crashed; the following lightning revealed the barren fields. It was early in winter of 1917, and a half-Cherokee woman was walking determinedly across the farmland [...]

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Shortly after the one-year honeymoon/mission trip, Louise discovered that she was expecting her first child. Even though missionary work would always be their hearts’ desire, the Sumralls decided to settle down in the United States for a while. They moved to Springfield, Missouri, where their first son, Frank, was born in 1946. Because the war [...]

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The Australians wanted tourists, not beggars! Two hundred pounds! As they lined up to meet with the customs officers, a young man just ahead of Lester was refused entrance to Australia because he had only seventy-five American dollars. He was to be sent back to the United States on the next boat! When it was [...]

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At the end of 1961, a young German Bible student named Reinhard Bonnke was walking in the streets of Clapham, London, with a few hours to pass before his trip home. He was en route to Germany from the Bible College of Wales in Swansea, where he was training for the minis­try. Looking at the [...]

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In 1934 and 1935, Jeffreys was invited to hold revival campaigns in Switzerland and Palestine, and the events were successful in convert­ing thousands to Christ. The following year, Jeffreys founded an orga­nization called the World Revival Crusade to handle the financial re­sponsibilities of his overseas ministry. In actuality, he used it to manage the financial [...]

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The revival spread like wildfire, and one of the areas that was most affected was Maesteg, the hometown of George and Stephen Jeffreys. Roberts and his workers visited the area on three separate occasions and brought more than five thousand people into the kingdom of God. On November 20, 1904, the Reverend Glasnant Jones stood [...]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that all denominations crowd the hall—Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, United Presbyterians, Primitive Methodists, Methodist Protestant, Pentecostal Nazarene, with many others, may be seen among those at the altar seeking Divine aid. Several hundred seekers after God crowd the platform daily.…Doctors, lawyers, financiers, merchants, professional men of all types and caliber. [...]

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When the Civil War finally ended after four long years, the United States was a wounded nation. The U.S. government decided to create a new national vision of change and expansion to encourage its citizens to look beyond the years of war to a future of hope and promise. People were enticed to move West [...]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that the Holy Spirit works the same way with you in the world of the Spirit. When you lean upon the Holy Spirit in your praying, diversities of tongues will come through you and your tone will change as well as your utterances. Roberts Liardon tells us that the Holy Spirit [...]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that in 1 Corinthians 14:13, Paul writes: “Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.” Interpret what? What he prays in the unknown tongue. This verse does not pertain to the gift of tongues and the gift of the interpretation of tongues for public assembly. [...]

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