Courageous Christianity - How a 19th century revival sparked the Muscular Christianity movement, Y.M.C.A. athletics, and a youth-led race to save the world

Did you know modern Olympics were inspired by the Muscular Christianity movement, as was the game of rugby? Were you aware basketball and volleyball were invented by Y.M.C.A. trainers and used as evangelism tools to bring youth to Christ around the globe? Fun Fact: The Y.M.C.A. director in Geneva, Switzerland, started the International Red Cross and was the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Did you know Charles Finney's preaching in the Second Great Awakening Revival helped found the Young Men's Christian Association, which led in racial reconciliation and inspired Black History Month? How did the Spirit-Mind-Body triangle become the Y.M.C.A. logo? Be inspired by evangelist D.L. Moody, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, General Douglas MacArthur, Tuskegee President Booker T. Washington, Boy Scout Founder Lord Baden Powell, revivalist Billy Sunday, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Discover daring writings of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous, Horatio Alger's Rags-to-Riches stories, and Dale Carnegie's win friends and dream big. Learn about the Layman's Prayer Revival, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action, and the Student Volunteer Missionary Movement, whose motto was winning the world to Christ in this generation! You will be strengthened and your heart emboldened to change the world after reading Courageous Christianity!

Table of Contents

Introduction

It Takes Strength to be Good

Rudyard Kipling's Poem "If"

Charles G. Finney & The Benevolent Empire

Strength to Help Others

Sir George Williams founded the Y.M.C.A.

Rugby School & Muscular Christianity

St. Paul's Athletic Metaphors

Olympic Games Revived

Y.M.C.A. sent Athletes to Olympics

Some History of Athletics

Oberlin College & the Abolition Movement

Laymen's Prayer Revival

Y.M.C.A. Week of Prayer

Rescue Those in Need

Y.M.C.A.'s Henri Dunant founded Red Cross

Clara Barton founded American Red Cross

Y.M.C.A. during Civil War

Dwight L. Moody & the Chicago Y.M.C.A.

Y.M.C.A. during the Spanish–American War

Red Cross during the Spanish-American War

Theodore Roosevelt & Moral Strength

Rudyard Kipling's Captain Courageous

Horatio Alger & Rags to Riches Novels

Billy Sunday, Baseball Player turned Preacher

Harvest is Plentiful, Laborers are Few

William Booth founded the Salvation Army

Gideons Began in a Y.M.C.A.

Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee

Frederick Douglass and Self-Made Men

Mary Jane Kinnaird: Young Women's Christian Assoc.

Dr. Luther H. Gulick, Jr. & Y.M.C.A. Triangle

Luther & Lottie Gulick founded Camp Fire Girls

Y.M.C.A.'s James Naismith invented Basketball

Y.M.C.A.'s William Morgan invented Volleyball

Y.M.C.A. Chapters around the World

Jack Boyd, Y.M.C.A. Director

Y.M.C.A. led in Racial Reconciliation

First Father's Day

Y.M.C.A. during World War I

Young Men's Hebrew Association

Red Cross during World War I

Evangeline Booth and the Salvation Army

Rev. Edgar Helms founded Goodwill Industries

A. Pierson: Evangelize the World in this Generation

John R. Mott, Y.M.C.A. World Committee

Lord Baden Powell founded the Boy Scouts

Juliette Low founded the Girl Scouts

Dale Carnegie, Win Friends & Influence People

Y.M.C.A. during World War II

Women in the Y.M.C.A.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Strength to Do Your Duty

Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall, Need For Heroes

General Douglas MacArthur "A Father's Prayer"