Papers of Virginia Healey Asher, 1903-1941.

Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955

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Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968

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Biographical/Historical note Charles Fuller (1887-1968) was a Baptist minister and radio evangelist. He gained renown as the radio host and speaker of The Old Fashioned Revival Hour, a weekly Sunday broadcast that aired from 1937 to 1968. The first nationwide broadcast occurred on October 3, 1937, on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Beginning in 1951, the program was carried on the ABC Radio Network, heard on more than 650 radio stations. The ...

Biederwolf, William E. (William Edward), 1867-1939

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Pastor and evangelist; born in 1867, the seventh son of German immigrants; received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Princeton University; was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1897; served as a chaplain in the Spanish American War in 1898; assisted in the evangelistic campaigns of B. Fay Mills and J. Wilbur Chapman and then began to hold his own meetings; began the Family Altar League; served as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference and the Winona Lake School of Theology; died on September 1...

Asher, W. Michael (William Michael), 1937-

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Asher, Virginia Healey, 1869-1937

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Christian worker, evangelist, vocalist; born December 18, 1869; married William Asher, 1887; with her husband held evangelistic meetings and participated in church work in Chicago, had evangelistic ministry in Duluth, joined J. Wilbur Chapman in his national and international ministry, worked in association with Billy and Helen Sunday's evangelistic outreach (particularly establishing Bible classes for women in industry and business, later known as Virginia Asher Councils), which worked to conti...

Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918

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Evangelist. From the description of Papers, 1880-1919. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 47856267 ...