Billy Sunday
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Theology, Theologians, Athletes
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Sunday was the most flamboyant and colorful of the many Christian revivalists of early twentieth century America. Born in poverty in a log cabin, he was a successful major league baseball player before becoming an evangelist. Sunday preached to more than a million persons in the days before radios and speaker systems; approximately one million of these persons came “down the sawdust trail” and were “saved” as a result of his efforts.
Early Life
William Ashley Sunday was born November 19, 1862, in Ames, Iowa, the youngest of...
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