Dwight Lyman Moody
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Dwight Lyman Moody 🇺🇸

Dwight L. Moody (Known as "D.L. Moody")
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Born Feb 05, 1837 🇺🇸 Northfield (Massachusetts), United States
Passed Away Dec 22, 1899 Northfield (Massachusetts), United States
Lifespan 62 years old
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"Someday you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now."

Archival Overview

American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Northfield Mount Hermon School, winning millions across America and Britain alongside Ira Sankey.

Biographical Record

Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899 CE) was a successful shoe salesman in Chicago who gave up business to organize Sunday schools for immigrant children in the slums of Chicago.

Teaming with hymn-writer Ira Sankey, he conducted massive revival campaigns across Great Britain and America, revolutionizing modern mass evangelism and founding the Moody Bible Institute in 1886.

Key Life Milestones

1873

The Great Revival of Great Britain

Conducted a two-year evangelistic tour through England, Scotland, and Ireland, addressing over four million listeners.

1886

Founding of the Moody Bible Institute

Established the Bible Institute in Chicago to train laypeople for urban ministry, education, and global missions.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Round Top, Northfield
Northfield, Massachusetts, United States
GPS: 42.6978, -72.4567
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