SOME OF THE GREAT MEN OF GOD(PART 1)

Jeremiah 5:5 "i will get me unto the great men,and  will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and  the judgement of their God :but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds".
 There are several men of God who touched people's life with their selfless service to mankind,maybe forgotten,below is the summaries of their life on earth,you can search to know more about them.

JACK HYLES

Jack Hyles born September 25 1926 and died February 6 2001,he was a great figure in the Independent Baptist movement,having pastored the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond Indiana from 1959 until his death.He was an innovator of church bus ministry that brought thousands of people from surrounding town to Hammond for service. Jack Hyles built the First Baptist Church from a fewer than a members to a membership of 100,000.The church increased dramatically that it became the talk of America. He built schools,helped the poor and gave to the needy. He prophesied about the rise of Obama in 1970.





EVANGELIST BILLY SUNDAY

William Alley "Billy" Sunday born November 19 1862 and died November 6 1935 was an American athlete who,after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s,became the well celebrated influential America evangelist. He was dedicated to the work of God,though questioned were raised  about his income but there was nothing found wanting in his life,he loved his wife and did the work of God with his heart,though his children disappointed him,his congregation grew smaller as he grew older,he never seize doing the work of God. He  was fully dedicated to the course,that is to win soul to the Kingdom of  God.







DR.JOHN R.RICE

Dr. John R .Rice(professor),born December 11,1865 and died December 29 1980, was a Baptist evangelist and pastor and the founding editor of the famous "The Sword of the Lord"an influential fundamentalist newspaper. He was endlessly for Christ,even at his old age he goes to his office to attend to people not minding his decline in hearing,He was away from home doing the work of God,he was away for thirty years of his forty-five years of ministration.You can see how these men gave their all to see that the work of God is done.

PASTOR D.L MOODY

D.L Moody,as he is commonly known,was born February 5 1837 and died December 22 1899. He is the founder of the Moody Church,Northfield school and Massachusetts( now Northfield Mount Hamon School),the Moody bible institute and the Moody publishers.There is a claim he is the greatest evangelist in the 90s. He worked hard to see that the gospel was preached.


There are so many more men of God that touched the life of people. Do some research on these great men and compare it with the men of God we have now. Please comment on my blog so that i will know if i am communicating with you all.