Biography

One of the most famous healing pioneers of all time was the illiterate Bradford, UK, plumber Smith Wigglesworth (1859 to 1947). Instead of going to school, he worked full-time at age six on a farm. From age seven, he worked 12 to 14 hours each day in a mill. His wife Polly taught him how to read the Bible and write, though he never learned to spell normally.  Smith, for … [Read more...] about Smith and Polly Wigglesworth: Only believe 

Who might have imagined almost 120 years ago in 1906 that a one-eyed black preacher in Los Angeles would eventually impact over 800 million people around the globe?  William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was the second of eight children born to recently freed slaves Simon and Phyllis Seymour in Centerville, Louisiana. His father contracted a fatal … [Read more...] about William Seymour: Father of the Azusa Street Revival 

John Knox, an unlikely Scottish Reformer, is the most influential Scotsman in Scottish history.  Born around 1515, he went to the University of St. Andrew’s before working as a notary priest who drew up and certified contracts.  It was a wild and wooly time in the beginning of the Scottish Reformation. John Knox said that it was merchants and mariners who … [Read more...] about John Knox: Father of Presbyterianism