Oriental Institute, Chicago, Illinois

Largest collection of Biblical artifacts in the Western Hemisphere.

Download the audio guide - The Bible in the Ancient Mideast

http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/

Pacific Garden Mission, Chicago, Illinois

Billy Sunday, a popular professional baseball player for the Chicago White Stockings, came to the mission in 1886. He first heard the gospel from the mission Gospel Wagon on the corner of State and Van Buren. He visited the mission that night and liked what he heard and one night Billy publicly accepted Christ as Lord and Savior. He became an eager Bible student and gave his testimony frequently at the mission. Billy learned his first lessons in giving the invitation and in talking man to man with a sinner, explaining the steps to salvation. Later, after turning down a lucrative offer to continue his baseball career, Billy Sunday became a world renowned evangelist. http://www.pgm.org/pages.aspx?PageName=Our_History_Part_2

Bowen Collection, BJU Museum & Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina

In 1927, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowen began compiling information and artifacts from Bible times for a museum that would “make the Bible come alive.” In addition to collecting antiquities from the Holy Land, the Bowen’s collection also contains items from cultures that have influenced life in the Holy Land, including Egyptian, Byzantine, Roman, Greek, Persian-Islamic, and Syrian.  From iridescent Roman glass vials and Roman jewelry found at Pompeii’s ruins to Egyptian ceremonial vessels and cosmetics, the collection invites visitors to relate to their counterparts from the past through the glimpses of life in ancient cultures.  Nearly 200 Egyptian objects in the collection were discovered and donated by Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, the world-renown English archaeologist. http://www.bjumg.org/the-bowen-collection2/

Charles Finney Grave, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

Finney was most active as a revivalist 1825-35, and was known for his innovations in preaching and religious meetings. These included having women pray out loud in public meetings of mixed gender; development of the "anxious seat", a place where those considering becoming Christians could come to receive prayer; and public censure of individuals by name in sermons and prayers.^[8] He was also known for his use of extemporaneous preaching. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grandison_Finney

George Whitfield Burial Crypt, Newburyport, MA

Rev. George Whitefield, Calvinistic Evangelist, was born in the Bell Inn, at Gloucester, Englandon the sixteenth day of December, 1714. He arrived in Newburyport in September, 1740. The revival that followed his labors, brought into existence Old South. He crossed the Atlantic thirteen times, and preached more than 18,000 sermons. His audiences often numbered as many as 15,000 people.
All did not take kindly to his words, for on one occasion a stone was hurled, which nearly struck the Bible from his hand. His reply reveals the greatness of his spirit."I have a warrant from God to preach. His seal, — (holding up the Bible), is in my hand, and I stand in the King's highway."Benjamin Franklin, after hearing him preach, made this comment:"His integrity, disinterestedness, and indefatigable zeal, in promoting every good work, I ha' never seen equaled, and shall never see excelled."His activities continued to the evening before his death. In response to the appeal of the people gathered on School Street, outside of the home of Parsons, he preached to them from the staircase, — "until the candle, which he still held, burned away, and went out in its socket."At six o'clock on Sunday morning, September 30, 1770, he passed into eternal glory 30 years to the day after his first visit to Newburyport.Today he rests eternally, according to his wishes, in a crypt under the pulpit of this Church that he helped found. http://www.oldsouthnbpt.org/News.htm

Step right in to living history; experience Old South from top to bottom
From the crypt of Rev. Whitefield to the bell cast by Paul Revere, visit the Whispering Galleries or the slave pews on your tour of Old South. 

Guided Tours
A free tour is offered every Sunday directly following the 10:30am service. Additionally, guided tours are offered by appointment only.  A suggested donation of $5.00 per person, or for groups of 20 people or more a donation of $1.00 per person is requested. 

To schedule a tour, please call the church office at 978-465-9666 or email the church at admin@oldsouthnbpt.org. Please allow 3 days advance notice. School and history touring groups are welcome.

Ira Sankey Collection, New Castle, Pennsylvania

Our Museum houses a large Ira D. Sankey collection. Our museum contains a room devoted especially to Sankey. Please visit our museum and peruse his hymn books or view never seen before Sankey photographs and diaries. Our collection includes the following rarities:

• Letters
• Photographs
• Pamphlets & Papers
• Books & Hymn Books
• The Traveling Organ of Ira D. Sankey & Dwight L. Moody

One of the most famous Lawrence Countians, Ira Sankey, achieved international fame as a singer, evangelist and writer of gospel hymns. His influence through the songs he sang and wrote helped to change the attitude of many in the late 19th century churches from hostility toward “worldly” music to acceptance of gospel hymns as a means of reaching the hearts of believers. Ira David Sankey, son of David Sankey, known as the father of Lawrence County, and Mary Leeper Sankey, was born Aug.28, 1840, at Edinburg. At age 16 he was converted at a revival meeting at the king’s Chapel Church, about three miles from his home. While he was attending a YMCA international convention at Indianapolis in 1870, his singing and leadership came to the attention of Dwight L. Moody, a Chicago evangelist. Sankey, after serving briefly in the Union Army, had married and had two small children and a good job when Moody insisted that he come to Chicago to work with him.

Wesley Oak, Christ Church, Georgia

During the 18th century, St. Simons served as a sometime home to John Wesley, the minister of the colony. He later returned to England, where he founded the Methodist Church. Wesley performed missionary work at St. Simons while he was still in the Anglican Church, but he was despondent about failing to bring about conversions. (He wrote that the local inhabitants had more tortures from their environment than he could describe for Hell). In the 1730s John Wesley's brother Charles Wesley also did missionary work on St. Simons.^[5]

On April 5, 1987, fifty-five members from St. Simons United Methodist Church were commissioned, with Bishop Frank Robertson as first pastor, to begin a new church on the north end of St. Simons Island. This was where John and Charles Wesley had preached and ministered to the people at Fort Frederica. The new church was named Wesley United Methodist Church at Frederica

Robert Sheffey Memorial Campground, Trigg, VA

Annual family reunion - http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=83&p=topics.reunion.us.va 

Located in Giles County, The Campground was exemplary of a religious and social institution, indeed of a way of life, which flourished during the 19th century untill the large shed used during worship and many family shelters were destroyed by fire. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reverend-Robert-Sheffey-Wabash-Campground/204128886298579?id=204128886298579&sk=info

First Baptist Church in America, Providence, Rhode Island

The First Baptist Church in America has been on College Hill in downtown Providence since 1638, sharing the good news, with Christ-centered enthusiasm, biblical preaching, dynamic caring ministries, advocating the separate and complementary relationship between church and state, and the vitality of traditional worship. What Roger Williams established is still worth standing for. http://www.firstbaptistchurchinamerica.org/

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God / Jonathan Edwards Stone, Enfield, Connecticut

Follow along with the Reinke family as they explore the life of Jonathan Edwards

Creation & Earth History Museum, Santee, CA

Dr. Henry Morris' Institute of Creation Research launched the Creation and Earth History Museum in 1992. For 16 years, ICR developed and grew the exhibits with a mission to equip believers with evidence of the Bible's accuracy and authority through scientific research, educational programs, and media presentations, all conducted within a thoroughly biblical framework.  Upon ICR's move to Texas in 2008, the entire museum and its contents were sold to Scantibodies Laboratory, Inc.Tom Cantor, the owner of Scantibodies Laboratory, Inc., and his wife Cheryl founded a non-profit 501c3 ministry called the Light and Life Foundation. The Light and Life Foundation owns and operates the museum and continues creation evangelism.The Creation and Earth History Museum remains dedicated to the biblical account of science and history. The facilities include a 10,000 sq. ft. showcase for a literal six-day creation and young earth, including a human anatomy exhibit, life-size tabernacle display, age of the earth cave and more. The museum is located 20 minutes east of the downtown San Diego airport in Santee, CA. We also invite you to tour the museum virtually online, or schedule a professional tour.  Plan a future visit by calling us today! http://www.creationsd.org/museum_history.html

Bowery Rescue Mission, Manhattan, New York

Home to Fanny Crosby's piano

The Chapel: The Great Heart of The Bowery Mission (2009)

What do the following people have in common: Presidents William Howard Taft and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, hymnwriter Fanny Crosby, Governor Al Smith, retailer JC Penney, reformer Eleanor Roosevelt, evangelists Billy Sunday and Billy Graham, and beat writer Jack Kerouac?  They all are a part of the history of The Bowery Mission Chapel.  Written on the occasion of the Chapel’s 100th Anniversary in 2009, The Chapel is a fascinating history written by Christianity Today senior writer Tony Carnes.

Scopes Trial Museum & Rhea County Courthouse, Dayton, Tennessee

The Rhea County Courthouse, located in Dayton, Tennessee was the scene of the Scopes Trial of July 1925, in which teacher John T. Scopesfaced charges for including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in his public school lesson. The trial became a clash of titans between the lawyersWilliam Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense, and epitomizes the tension between fundamentalism andmodernism in a wide range of aspects of American society.
A $1-million project which restored the second-floor courtroom to the way it looked during the Scopes trial was completed in 1979. The Rhea County Museum, also called the Scopes Trial Museum, is located in its basement and contains such memorabilia as the microphone used to broadcast the trial, trial records, photographs, and an audiovisual history of the trial. Every July local people re-enact key moments of the trial in the courtroom.^[3]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_County_Courthouse

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William Jennings Bryan House, Lincoln, Nebraska

The William Jennings Bryan House, also known as Fairview, is a historic house built in 1902--03 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.^[2] It is noteworthy as the home of William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
Five acres of the adjoining property was the original site of Bryan Memorial Hospital, now owned by BryanLGH Health System, which also owns Fairview. The home was restored in 1994.^[3] The upper two floors house the Wm. Jennings Bryan Institute, which consists of three centers: the Center for Bioethics, the Center for Advancing Nursing Practice and the Center for Quality.
The lower level of Fairview is open to the public and features the Bryan Museum, as well as rooms furnished to depict the family’s life during the early 1900s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan_House_(Lincoln,_Nebraska)

Old Rugged Cross Historic Church & Garden

The Old Rugged Cross Foundation, Inc. was formed for the purpose of saving and restoring the old church where the hymn made its public debut, and preserving the history of the hymn and its author. Once restored as closely as possible to its 1913 appearance, the church will serve as a museum, preserving the history of the hymn and the community. The museum will be useful for historical research and the sanctuary will be available to rent for weddings and special services. http://www.the-oldruggedcross.org/whoweare.php

 In 1998, the church was purchased for restoration.^[4] As of 2013, the restoration was 85% complete, with over $800,000 spent.^[5] In 2013 the church received a Governor's Award for Historic Preservation.^[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Methodist_Episcopal_Church_of_Pokagon 

Old Rugged Cross Memorial, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

George Bennard was a native of Youngstown, Ohio but was reared in Iowa. After his conversion in a Salvation Army meeting, he and his wife became brigade leaders before leaving the organization for the Methodist Church. As a Methodist evangelist, Bennard wrote the first verse of "The Old Rugged Cross" in Albion, Michigan, in the fall of 1912^[a] as a response to ridicule which he received at a revival meeting.^[2] Bennard traveled with Ed E. Mieras from Chicago to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the Friends Church from December 29, 1912 to January 12, 1913. During the meetings Rev. George Bennard finished "The Old Rugged Cross" and on the last night of the meeting before a full house, Bernard and Ed Mieras it as a duet with Pearl Torstensen Berg, organist for the meeting, as accompanist.^[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Rugged_Cross

Friends Community Church, 204 W. Maple St., Sturgeon Bay, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first public singing of the much-beloved song, "The Old Rugged Cross" on Jan. 12 and 13 with the weekend's events culminating in a musical celebration at 2 p.m. that Sunday.
The Rev. George Bennard held evangelistic meetings at the Friends Church when the area was still called Sawyer. During that week he completed the final three stanzas of the now-famous song and sang it for the first time in front of the congregation gathered on the last night of their revival meetings Jan. 12, 1913.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130105/ADV01/301050262/-Old-Rugged-Cross-turns-100

Billy Sunday Home & Visitors Center, Winona Lake, IN

The Billy Sunday Home Museum holds the belongings of the Sunday family. Tours are by appointment only. Come to the Reneker Museum of Winona History located in Westminster Hall, 10 9th Street, Winona Lake for information Billy Sunday and how to schedule a tour. We offer tours by appointment or as a walk-in. To schedule an appointment, call our Curator/Tour Guide Chelsea at (317)417-8489! 

D.L. Moody Museum, Chicago, Illinois

http://www.moodyministries.net/crp_mainpage.aspx?id=64