October 12
1492 – Columbus discovers the New World -Amerika. His intention was to bring the gospel to new territories, as well as to pursue his secular ends.
1518 – German reformer Martin Luther is summoned before Cardinal Thomas Cajetan, where he refuses to repeal the 95 theses he had posted the previous October on the chapel door at Wittenberg Castle.
1772 – Conversion of Benjamin Abbott, after fearful mental struggles influenced by the preaching of Abraham Whitworth; he later became an American revival leader.
1812 – Organization of the Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church near Clifton, as the first Baptist congregation to be constituted in the American territory now comprising the state of Louisiana.
1845 – Demise of Elizabeth Fry. A Quaker, a pioneer in prison reform.
1894 – Carl Strehlow, a German missionary to Australia, arrives at Hermannsburg station where he is and becomes the head of the mission. He then translated the Bible into three aboriginal languages.
1901 – Repose of Edward Raimond Baierlein, a Lutheran missionary among the Chippewa Indians near Frankenmuth, Michigan. Later he worked among the Sudras (lower castes) in Cuddalore and Tranquebar, in India. He was beloved for treating the Indians as true equals.
1951 – Simon Kimbangu, a Baptist preacher, dies after being imprisoned for years by Belgian authorities in Congo Free State, who were frightened by his preaching and the wonders he performed.
1971 – “Jesus Christ, Superstar,” the rock musical, debuted on Broadway in New York. Jeff Fenholt, the actor who played the part of Jesus, converted to a Pentecostal church after twenty years.
2005 – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez decides to expel the New Tribes Mission, which he accused as an imperialist invasion working with the CIA, after the televangelist Pat Robertson had suggested that perhaps Chavez should be assassinated.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
Courtesy: https://studylight.org