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Mother Ann Lee

Name at birth: Ann LeesMother Ann Lee was the charismatic founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers. After a difficult early life, she…

Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell was an evangelical Christian minister who founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia (1956) and gained national prominence through television and radio on the Old…

August 2001 Disasters

Aug. 1, Nias Island, off western Sumatra, Indonesia: Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains swept away entire villages and killed at least 31 people. Aug. 16, nr. Katpadi, Tamil Nadu, India…

George Fox

George Fox was a 17th-century Christian leader who rejected the formal trappings of religion, encouraged believers to follow their "inner light" and became the leader of the Society of Friends, known…

Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen and her twin sister Ashley Olsen are two of the most successful child stars in television history. Their shared role on the TV show Full House (1987-95), where they played the…

James Dobson

James Dobson is a pediatric psychologist whose organization, Focus on the Family, is the core of an influential multimedia group that advocates practices derived from evangelical Christian values.…

The People's Pope

The first pope from Latin America has undeniable charisma Pope Francis Related Links Biography of Pope Francis Choosing a Pope Major Religions of the World…

Ruth Bell Graham Biography

wife of Billy GrahamDied: June 14, 2007 (Montreat, North Carolina) Best Known as: wife and confidant of Reverend Billy Graham Wife and confidant of Reverend…

Frank Charles WACHTER, Congress, MD (1861-1910)

WACHTER Frank Charles , a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., September 16, 1861; attended private schools and St. Paul's Evangelical School at Baltimore, Md.; learned the trade of…

Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen inherited Houston's Lakewood Church and its television ministry in 1999 from his late father John Osteen. Joel expanded both the church and the TV ministry, wrote a hugely popular book in…