Helen Cadbury
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Helen Cadbury was an evangelist
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In 1904, Cadbury married popular gospel singer Charles McCallon Alexander
. She toured with him on the evangelistic circuit as a women's worker, and they worked together to found the Pocket Testament League, which distributes free pocket-sized New Testaments via street evangelism, in 1908. Cadbury died in 1969 with her childhood dream - the Pocket Testament League - still in full force. She his buried at Lodge Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
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In 1904, Cadbury married popular gospel singer Charles McCallon Alexander
Charles McCallon Alexander
Charles McCallon Alexander , a native of East Tennessee, was a popular 19th Century gospel singer who worked the evangelistic circuit for many years. Over the course of his ministry, he toured with R. A. Torrey and John Wilbur Chapman, most notably. In 1904, Alexander married Helen Cadbury,...
. She toured with him on the evangelistic circuit as a women's worker, and they worked together to found the Pocket Testament League, which distributes free pocket-sized New Testaments via street evangelism, in 1908. Cadbury died in 1969 with her childhood dream - the Pocket Testament League - still in full force. She his buried at Lodge Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.