9th November, 1518
On this day in Christian History, in response to Martin Luther’s recent challenge to indulgences, Pope Leo X issues the bull Cum postquam which defends indulgences as a treasury of merits.
9th November, 1572
On this day in Christian History, which was exactly fifteen (15) days before his death, John Knox preached his last sermon in Edinburgh.
9th November, 1793
On this day in Christian History, William Carey landed in Calcutta, India, to begin his missionary career. As a pioneer English missionary, he spent four decades in India as an evangelist, Bible translator, social reformer, anthropologist, and educator.
9th November, 1786
On this day in Christian History, Ordination of Jedidiah Morse as a Congregationalist minister. He will become a lifelong opponent of Unitarianism, founding and editing a journal to defend orthodoxy and, when Harvard elects a Unitarian to its Hollis Chair of Divinity, will help bring about the creation of Andover Theological Seminary to counter Harvard’s liberal theology.
9th November, 1799
On this day in Christian History, Asa Mahan, a Congregational clergyman and first president of Oberlin College, was born in Verona, New York
November 9, 1844
Death in Hannibal, Missouri, of evangelist Barton W. Stone, a founding leader of the the Stone-Campbell movement, later to be known as the Christian Church and the Disciples of Christ
November 9, 1865
On this day in Christian History, Death of Henry Ballantine, missionary to India, who helped translate the Bible into Marathi.
November 9, 1929
On this day in Christian History, Soviets arrest the Orthodox priest Michael Gordeyevich Zaitsev for “counter-revolutionary agitation.” The following March he will be executed by being shot.
9th November, 1987
On this day in Christian History, Pastor Reuben Akinwalere George died. He was the founding general overseer of the Gospel Faith Mission International of Nigeria, a movement that grew rapidly in part because of his faith and zeal. Through his vision, the denomination developed schools and a publishing house.
9th November, 1938
On this day in Christian History, German fascists take to the streets across Germany, looting and vandalizing Jewish homes, hospitals, schools, and synangogues in an event referred to as “Kristalnacht” for the shards of broken glass that littered the streets. German authorities did not intervene. Over 1000 synagogues were burned and 7000 Jewish businesses were destroyed or damaged. The death toll is hard to calculate, but some historians estimate that hundreds of Jews were murdered in this single night of hatred and violence.
9th November, 2025
On this day in Christian History, Apostle Dr. Emmabuel Iren led members of Celebration Church International (CCI) in thanksgiving to God and in celebration of the church’s thirteenth (13th) Anniversary. The Anniversary was in two services which held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos Nigeria, and streamed across other CCI branches worldwide.
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