Billy Sunday — Biographies and Information
 William Ashley (Billy) Sunday (1862-1935) was an American evangelist born in Iowa. A professional baseball player in the National League, he was saved in 1886. Associated with J. Wilbur Chapman from 1893 to
1895. An evangelist from 1896 to 1935, he made an attack on liquor
the mainstay of his campaigns. |
- The Baseball Player's Conversion.
- Echoes from Glory. Selective sayings/portrait/audio of Sunday.
- Grave of William Sunday. Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL.
- eBooks about Billy Sunday.
- Billy Sunday Funeral. November 9, 1935. Includes message by Dr. Harry Ironside.
- Hitting the Sawdust Trail with Billy Sunday.
- Suggestions for Personal Workers.
- Billy Sunday's Help to New Converts.
Marriage and Family:
Helen
Amelia Thompson Sunday (1868-1957): Wife of Billy Sunday. She
met him in Chicago when she was eighteen, shortly after his conversion
to Christ, and they were married in 1888. During the early years of
his ministry, she and the children (Helen Edith, George Marquis, William
Ashley, Jr., and Paul Thompson) were separated from him for long periods
of time. After 1907, Helen, or "Nell" (also called "Ma") traveled by
his side most of the time, doing much of the planning for his evangelistic
campaigns, handling finances, speaking at women's meetings and being
there to encourage him. After Billy's death in 1935, she traveled extensively
throughout the country helping to raise money for rescue missions and
similar Christian ministries, addressing youth rallies, and was active
in the work of such Christian ministries as Bob Jones University, Youth
for Christ, and the Voice of the Andes radio station. Two additional
photographs of Helen Sunday include one undated and
another dated 1912.
Recommended Books:
Billy
Sunday and the Redemption of Urban America by Lyle W. Dorsett. Grand
Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, c1991.
Billy
Sunday: Home Run to Heaven by Robert A. Allen. Published by Mott
Media, c1985.
Recommended DVD:
The Billy Sunday Story (DVD) narrated by Dr. Homer Rodeheaver. Beacon
Video Ministries, ©1989.
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