June 8, 2021. America’s largest protestant denomination, Southern Baptist Convention, will meet in Dallas, TX, June 8-11, this month. They may be gaveled into session by the Adoniram Judson gavel, a tradition begun in 2021 by J. D. Greear. As convention president, Greear broke with previous patterns and did not use the Broadus gavel which […]
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May 28, 1825. Two hundred years ago, Ann Judson saves the prison community. Two hundred years ago, after a brutal forced march to his second prison, Adoniram Judson was recuperating when smallpox hit the local community. While previously in the States on medical leave (1821-23) Ann Judson was part of an experimental project, involving Adoniram’s
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May 21, 2025. With only 5 candidate church members, a board from neighboring congregations blessed the founding of Judson Baptist Church on 21 May 1859. For 164 years the heritage of these 5 congregants has continued to minister on the west side of Kokomo, Indiana. The church preceded both the community and the road that
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May 11, 2025. For most of you, this is Mother’s Day. For me, it is Mother’s Day plus the 104th anniversary of my mother’s birth on 11 May 1921 (Katie Hoyt Scarborough Cain). But for all of us, today begins National Skilled Nursing Care Week. Five health and/or residential centers that employ such skilled nurses,
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May 4, 1825. Adoniram Judson had been imprisoned by Burmese authorities since June 8, 1824, charged with being a spy for the British armies advancing through Burma. On May 4, 1825, he was suddenly moved from the Death Prison, where he had miraculously escaped death, to Aungbinle Prison, some eight miles away. Stripped of his
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April 22, 1923. The Adoniram Judson window in the First Baptist Church of Oak Park, IL, was dedicated 102 years ago this week, April 22, 1923. The Great West Windows in the sanctuary feature vocations of the Christian ministry. One of those examples is Adoniram Judson, first American Baptist foreign missionary, and forerunner of the
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April 12, 1850. Though we are 10 days early, it is time to recall the passing of Adoniram Judson, Jr., 175 years ago on 12 April 1850. He was aboard the French vessel Aristide Marie hoping that salty sea air would renew his strength. During the forenoon of Friday, the 12th, his countenance was that
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RA1839-1903 A. J. Clark, Physician Loveland, Colorado CO/CO I do not know if this A. J. is named for Adoniram Judson. He was a physician in Loveland, CO. Died in a carriage accident with another team and carriage. Fractured skull. Disciples of Christ minister but funeral at a Presbyterian Church in Loveland. DOD July 8, 1903.
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RA1875??- ???? A. J. Walrath, Rancher/Farmer Nebraska/Montana Do not know if A. J. stands for Adoniram Judson or what. Do not know any dates. Have these notes:
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RA1842-1881 Adoniram Judson Sibley, Unknown Maine ME/ME Born 18 August 1842 in Burlington ME (Penobscot County). Probable son of Celista Sibley. Grandson of Abraham Sibley. Died 8 February 1881 in Lowell ME (Penobscot County). Buried in West End Cemetery. Pictures of his marker at findagrave. Wife was Hanna Priest Sibley Wakefield 1847-1924. Three children: Augusta
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