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Catherine "Katy" Ferguson. Born. c. 1779. Died. July 11, 1854. Known for. founding the first documented Sunday school in the United States. caring for neglected children. Catherine [1] Ferguson (c. 1779 – July 11, 1854) was an African-American philanthropist and educator who founded the first Sunday school in New York City.
A Sunday school is an educational institution, usually Christian in character and intended for children or neophytes. Sunday school classes usually precede a Sunday church service and are used to provide catechesis to Christians, especially children and teenagers, and sometimes adults as well. Churches of many Christian denominations have ...
Henrietta Cornelia Mears (October 23, 1890 – March 19, 1963) was a Christian educator, evangelist, and author who had a significant impact on evangelical Christianity in the 20th century and one of the founders of the National Sunday School Association [1] Best known as the innovative and dynamic Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, California and in ...
Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday); the Westminster Confession of Faith is held by the Reformed Churches and teaches first-day Sabbatarianism (Sunday Sabbatarianism), [2] thus proclaiming the duty of public worship in keeping with the Ten ...
Named "Deseret Sunday School Union" until 1971. Sunday School (formerly the Deseret Sunday School Union) is an organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 11 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.
The First Baptist Church of Hammond is an Independent Fundamental Baptist megachurch in Hammond, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago. It is the largest church in the state of Indiana, and in 2007 was the 20th largest in the United States. [ 1] Though founded in 1887 by Allen Hill, it was under Jack Hyles ' leadership from 1959–2001 when it became ...
Walnut Street Baptist Church was founded in 1815 as the First Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. In the beginning, the congregation had 18 members who met primarily in their homes. The congregation served the Louisville community for 30 years as First Baptist Church. In 1845 the First and Second Baptist churches called the same pastor and ...
W. A. Criswell. Wallie Amos Criswell Jr. (December 19, 1909 – January 10, 2002), was an American Baptist pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. [ 1] As senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas for five decades, he became widely known for expository biblical preaching ...