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John Williams (10 December 1664 – 12 June 1729) [citation needed] was a New England Puritan minister who was the noted pastor of Deerfield from 1688 to his death. He and most of his family were taken captive in the Raid on Deerfield in 1704 during Queen Anne's War .
However, Williams did not let the matter rest, and used Clarke and Holmes as the subjects of his book The Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody (1652). Williams gave a copy of this book to Clarke and wrote in the front: "For his honoured and beloved Mr. John Clarke, an eminent witnes of Christ Jesus ag'st ye bloodie Doctrine of persecution, &c." [45]
Jack W. Hayford (1934-2023) was an American author, songwriter, Pentecostal minister, and Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University. He was a senior pastor of The Church on the Way, a flagship church of the Foursquare denomination, and a prolific hymn writer.
John Witherspoon (1723-1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was the sixth president of Princeton University, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a leader of the Presbyterian Church in America.
Learn about the history and significance of Second Baptist Church, the first African American Baptist Church in Southern California and a historic landmark in South Los Angeles. The church building, designed by Paul R. Williams, has hosted national NAACP conventions and prominent civil rights leaders.
John Piper is an American Baptist theologian, pastor, and author of several books on Christian hedonism, biblical manhood and womanhood, and God's sovereignty. He was the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis for 33 years and is the founder of Desiring God ministry.
John Wilbur Chapman was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th and early 20th century who traveled with gospel singer Charles Alexander. He was involved in several pastorates, evangelistic campaigns, and religious conferences, and was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in 1918.
Bishop Bryant and his wife, Reverend Dr. Cecilia Williams-Bryant, garnered a reputation for turning St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts into what people called a "rocking church" because of their support of Pentecostal religious practices.