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This week in Christian history: Criswell dies, Presbyterian Church founds life insurance company, anti-Nazi pastor born

By Michael Gryboski, Editor
Unsplash/Gregory Hayes
Unsplash/Gregory Hayes

Christianity is a faith with a long and extensive history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of impressive milestones, unforgettable tragedies, amazing triumphs, births, deaths, and everything in between.

Some of the events drawn from over 2 millennia of history might be familiar, while other happenings might be previously unknown.

Here are three things that happened this week, Jan. 10-16, in Church history. They include the birth of an anti-Nazi pastor, the death of W. A. Criswell, and the Presbyterian Church founding what is believed to be the first life insurance company in America.

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