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Mar 18 Charles Spurgeon and the Metropolitan Tabernacle
Season 3 Episode 18
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Called a prince amongst preachers, Surgeon attracted huge crowds to his services in London. After a tragic stampede in a temporary church …
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Mar 17 Mormon Relief Society
Season 3 Episode 17
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Claiming to be the largest and oldest womans charitable group we look at the founding and the work of the Mormon Relief Society
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Mar 16 Founding of the Red Cross
Season 3 Episode 16
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We look at the story of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross. What inspired him? Who signed the first Geneva Convention? What are …
2 days, 18 hours ago
Mar 15 Cardinal Manning and the Dock Strike
Season 3 Episode 15
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Cardinal Manning was unusually a widow, and became very influential in Catholic Social Teaching - today we find out why.
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Mar 14 Dr Livingstone I presume
Season 3 Episode 14
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Today we remember the journalist Morgan Stanleys success in finding the lost explorer Dr Livingstone. And why did he become so famous af…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Feb 25 Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights
Season 2 Episode 25
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A sad story of the mass suicide of 200 pagan Lithuanians defending themselves against the Teutonic Knights today in 1336
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Feb 26 Sheldon and What Would Jesus Do?
Season 2 Episode 26
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Today we look at the birth of Charles Sheldon, his publication of In His Steps and the birth of the What Would Jesus Do movement
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Feb 27 Keir Hardy, Methodism and Labour
Season 2 Episode 27
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Today we remember the founding of the Labour party and the Methodist lay preacher Kier Hardy
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Feb 28 Victorian Slum Priest Charles Lowder
Season 2 Episode 28
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Today we remember the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross, SSC by Charles Fuge Lowder, an Anglican order which worked in the slums o…
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Mar 1 Bishop Oldhams' Anglo-Chinese schools
Season 3 Episode 1
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We look at the life work of Methodist William Oldham, his work in mapping India and setting up Singapore's most prestigious school
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