{"id":10889,"date":"2019-05-18T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T01:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2022-06-08T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:35:00","slug":"dwight-l-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/dwight-l-moody\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight L. Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><strong>Dwight L. Moody<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Would you be free from the condemnation of the sins that are past, from the power of the temptations that are to come? Then take your stand on the Rock of Ages. Let death, let the grave, let the judgment come, the victory is Christ&#8217;s and yours through Him.&#8221; \u2013 D.L. Moody<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Early Days<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_Lyman_Moody_c.1900.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10895 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_Lyman_Moody_c.1900-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dwight L. Moody\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_Lyman_Moody_c.1900-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_Lyman_Moody_c.1900.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Dwight L. Moody was an American evangelist, preacher, and publisher. Born in 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, he was the sixth child of Edwin and Betsy Holton Moody. After his father\u2019s death when he was four years old, his mother struggled to make ends meet for here nine children. Some were sent off to work for room and board including Dwight. But his mother made sure they all attended their Unitarian church.<\/p>\n<p>When he turned 17, he moved to Boston to work in an uncle\u2019s shoe store. He converted to evangelical Christianity in 1855 which launched his interest in becoming an evangelist. In 1862 he married and had a daughter and two sons.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Doing the Lord\u2019s Work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>He started a church in Chicago, the Illinois Street Church but the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 burned down the church, his house, and that of most of the congregation. After the fire, he moved back to Massachusetts and bought a rural country home near his birthplace.<\/p>\n<p>He held summer conferences in Northfield which became important to evangelical Christian history. Attendees included prominent preachers and evangelists from around the world including Jonathan Edwards and C.I. Scofield. He founded two schools which later merged to become the Northfield Mount Hermon School.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10894 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dwight L. Moody Open Air Preaching\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB-600x781.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_Open_Air_Preaching_WB.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moody became known as an evangelist during a trip to the UK in 1872. He drew crowds of thousands and tens of thousands throughout his travels and became known as the \u201cgreatest evangelist of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u201d He was also known as a great influencer of cross-culture Christian missions in countries as far away as China, and his popularity among Swedes became known as \u201cMoody fever\u201d until 1880. His last sermon was held in Kansas City, Missouri. Soon after, he died on December 22, 1899 with his family around him.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recognitions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10896 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Moody Bible Institute\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Dwight_L_Moody_1280px-MBI_Arch.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Moody has published many works including <em>Heaven<\/em>, <em>Secret Power<\/em>, and <em>Prevailing Prayer \u2013 What Hinders It? <\/em>The Chicago Avenue Church was renamed the Moody Church in his honor ten years after his death. The Chicago Bible Institute was also renamed the Moody Bible Institute. Moody had the honor of having a World War II liberty ship named after him, the SS <em>Dwight L. Moody<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One of his most famous quotes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Faith makes all things possible&#8230; Love makes all things easy.&#8221; \u2013 D.L. Moody<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>==&gt; Learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/born-again-celebrities\/\">Born Again Celebrities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight L. Moody was an American evangelist, preacher, and publisher.  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