Christian History Today

Civilla Durfee Martin died on March 9, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia. “His Eye is on the Sparrow” and “God Will Take Care of You” are just two of the many hymns she wrote during her life. She and her husband wrote several hymns, but her most famous (“His Eye is on the...

Hugo Black, a former U.S. Senator from Alabama, was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was responsible for the decision in McCollum v. Board of Education, which deemed it unconstitutional to teach religious education in public...

Thomas Aquinas, a political and theological church leader, died on March 7, 1274. His book Summa Theologia is renowned as a theological masterpiece and has had a profound impact on Western religious society. There is even a Catholic college in California named in his...

Father Isaac Hecker dreamed that the Protestant United States would be converted to Catholicism with a strong evangelical effort. He gathered with three other Catholic leaders and formed the Missionary Society of St. Paul, known as the Paulists. Pope Pius IX permitted...

In the late 1700s, Protestant missionaries began a focused effort driven by the London Missionary Society to spread the Gospel to the Far East. One of those missionaries, Henry Nott, landed in Tahiti with a large party on March 5, 1797. Almost all of his partners...

Prior to the passing of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the inauguration of the President occurred on March 4th, not on January 20th. When Zachary Taylor was to be sworn in as President on March 4, 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday. However, Taylor...

Queen Cunegunda was the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. When Henry died, instead of fighting for her right to rule the empire, she placed herself in a convent and lived a peaceful life as a servant until her death on March 3, 1033. She and Henry commissioned the...

The Preamble to the Australian Constitution begins with “Whereas the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the...

Remaining in Scotland after yesterday’s post, pictured here is the Martyr’s Memorial in the shadows of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland. One of the martyrs memorialized here is George Wishart who was burned at the stake on March 1, 1546. He was...

The Scottish National Covenant arose from the idea that Christ was the head of the church, not the king or queen. On February 28, 1638, several nobles joined clergy members in making this Covenant. These men signed the Covenant at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh...

Missionaries attempted to bring Christianity to New Zealand for decades before Henry Williams landed there on February 27, 1823. Williams focused on the Maori people (pictured) and intentionally taught them about Christ rather than focusing on improving their...

John Chrysostom was one of the ancient church fathers who wrote and preached during a critical time in the history of the church. His last name is the anglicized version of the Greek word for “golden-mouthed” because of his well-known oratory skills. He became...