May 1, 1532
On this day in Christian History, Maria Cazzala was arrested in Toledo, Spain, and accused of Lutheranism. From the day of her arrest, her trial dragged on for years and included immense torture.
1st May, 1727
On this day in Christian History, Francois de Paris, a saintly Jansenist, died in Paris. Extraordinary miracles occured at his tomb and Louis Basile Carré de Montgeron, a Conseiller au Parlement, who was originally a skeptic, filled three volumes of claims with certified proofs of the miracles.
1st May, 1839
Baptism in Bombay of Dhanjibhai Naoroji, formerly a Parsi. Despite threats, bribes, and false testimony against him, he will train for the ministry in Scotland and become an evangelist, translator, educator, and leader in the Indian church.
May 1, 1883
On this day in Christian History, Anton Rubinstein’s sacred opera, "The Tower of Babel" was given in Boston by the Handel and Haydn Society.
1st May, 1893
Measures against Stundists (Baptists) are set to go into effect in Czarist Russia. This includes taking their children and placing them in care of Russian Orthodox Church believers, identifying them as sectarians on their passports, prohibiting them from operating schools for their children, limiting their hire, and forbidding them burial in consecrated ground.
May 1, 1939
Theodore Epp launches the “Back to the Bible Broadcast” in Lincoln, Nebraska.
May 1, 1942
Archbishop Edward Mooney, the new leader of the Catholic Church in Detroit, instructs Father Charles Coughlin to cease all non-pastoral activities on pain of being defrocked. Coughlin, a popular radio broadcaster and an ardent supporter of Roosevelt and the New Deal, had increasingly sided with German socialism (Nazism) and attacked Jews and Communists in his radio broadcasts.
May 1, 1955
On this day in Christian History, Esperança Berta was baptised. She later grew to become a notable woman in the Anglican Church of Mozambique—bishop’s wife, church planter, and inspirational leader. Five thousand people turned out for her funeral in 1998.
May 1, 1982
Death of Ralph Darby Williams. The Assembly of God missionary had spent his life equipping South American saints.
1st May, 1992
On this day in Christian History, a mob of several hundred Muslims rushed the Assembly of God Church at Imbaba, a poor section of Cairo, after attending Friday prayer at the mosque.
1st May 2025
On this day in Christian History
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