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Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger (/ ˈ æ s p ɜːr ɡ ər /, German: [hans ˈʔaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980 [1]) was an Austrian physician.Noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, he is the namesake of the former autism spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome.
In the spring of 1981, Myron and Esther Augsburger were asked by the Mennonite Board of Missions to start a church in Washington, DC. The a church they founded on Capitol Hill, Washington Community Fellowship, continues to this day. [10] Augsburger remained on the pastoral staff there until 1987. [citation needed]
On 11 May 1815 Gaisford married Helen Margaret Douglas (1791–1830) the daughter of the Rev. Robert Douglas. They had five children. After she died in 1830, he married Jane Catharine Jenkyns (1787–1863); she was the sister of Dr Richard Jenkyns, master of Balliol College and Dr Henry Jenkyns.
Tommy Lee "T.L." Osborn (December 23, 1923 – February 14, 2013) was an American Pentecostal televangelist, singer, author and teacher whose Christian ministry was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In six decades as a preacher, Osborn hosted the religious television program Good News Today .
In 1979, in an incident known as the "Christian Alamo", Roloff urged churches and pastors across America who supported his ministry to come to Corpus Christi and form a human chain around the church to prevent the Texas Department of Human Resources from removing children from the homes. Even after his death, legal battles with the State of ...
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. (born 1949 [1]) is the former and founding pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] He is the son of Renewal Ministries founders Ray and Anne Ortlund . Ortlund has served in pastoral ministry and is the author of several Bible commentaries and other books.
Jay Kesler (born September 15, 1935) is the former president, Chancellor and current President Emeritus of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. [1] [2] Kesler graduated in 1958 from Taylor University and is notable for his writings and radio work. [3]
The group has gone under a number of different names since its inception, including Teens for Christ, The Children of God (COG), The Family of Love, or simply The Family. A British court case found the group was an authoritarian cult which engaged in the systematic physical and sexual abuse of children, [ 2 ] resulting in lasting trauma among ...