The Church That Knelt on Concrete
In the autumn of 1857, a quiet businessman named Jeremiah Lanphier reserved a room on the third floor of the Old Dutch Church on Fulton...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Chronicles 7:14.
In the autumn of 1857, a quiet businessman named Jeremiah Lanphier reserved a room on the third floor of the Old Dutch Church on Fulton Street in lower Manhattan. He placed a simple advertisement inviting anyone to stop by for a midday prayer meeting. At noon on September 23, he sat alone for thirty minutes. Then one person came. Then another.…
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