24th February, 1582
On this day in Christian History, Pope Gregory XIII issued his famous bull Inter gravissimas which decreed our present Gregorian calendar.
24th February, 1860
On this day in Christian History, Viscount Dungannon moved a resolution condemning prayer meetings in the theatres of Southern England where revival services were booming.
24th February, 1873
On this day in Christian History, a longstanding edict against Christianity was revoked in Japan.
24th February, 1886
On this day in Christian History, Samuel Wolcott died at Longmeadow, Massachusetts. In his lifetime, he was a Congregational clergyman and author of numerous hymns, among them “Christ for the World We Sing.”
24th February, 1915
On this day in Christian History, Death at Sebring, Florida, of Amanda Smith, an African-American evangelist known for her powerful singing. Her autobiography will be frequently referenced in women’s studies.
24th February, 1930
On this day in Christian History, Internationally-known evangelist and Bible expositor, Harry A. Ironside, is issued a unanimous call (which he will accept) to pastor the Moody Memorial Bible Church in Chicago.
24th February, 1946
Death in Topeka, Kansas, of pastor Charles Monroe Sheldon, author of the popular Christian novel In His Steps, from which we get the phrase “What Would Jesus Do?”
February 24, 1949
After trying unsuccessfully for many years to stifle Christianity, the government of Bulgaria passes a law acknowledging that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the traditional church of Bulgaria and inseparably united with its history.
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