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American Presbyterian minister
- David Brainerd (April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747) was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey.
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Aug 23, 2023 · David Brainerd was indisputably one of the greatest men of prayer in history. His fervent labor in prayer brought forth tremendous fruit in his own short ministry, but in far greater measure, abundant fruit remains.
- Childhood and Unspeakable Glory
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- Missionary to The American Indians
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Born on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1718, in Haddam, Connecticut, David was one of nine children born to Hezekiah and Dorothy Brainerd. The Brainerd family were descendants of a long line of men and women noteworthy for their religious zeal. It was said that David’s father, Hezekiah, was a man of “great personal dignity and self-restraint . . . and of...
In early September 1739, only two months after his conversion, Brainerd entered Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. During his first year, he contracted measles, which sent him home for several weeks. In his second year, he began to spit up blood, an early warning sign of tuberculosis. The disease would eventually take his life. He first experi...
Unable to complete his formal education, Brainerd sought other opportunities to fulfill his ministerial calling. After receiving a license to preach, he was approved for missionary work on November 25, 1742. He was sent to a small church on Long Island, which served as a doorway to the vast New England wilderness the following spring. From 1743 to ...
After his death, Edwards discovered Brainerd’s diaries and believed they would be of immense value to the broader Christian world. In 1749, with an introduction, Edwards published the journals as The Life and Diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Missionaries Henry Martyn, William Carey, and countless others have devoured Brainerd’s diaries as encourag...
May 29, 2014 · July 12, 1739 = David Brainerd’s conversion experience. September 1739-early 1742 = studies at Yale College. early 1742 = expelled from Yale for insulting Tutor Chauncey Whittlesey (“He has no more grace than this chair”) and refusing to confess this sin in public.
Apr 20, 2018 · Founder & Teacher, Desiring God. His life was short — 29 years, 5 months, and 19 days. And only eight of those years as a Christian. Only four as a missionary. And yet few lives have sent ripples so far and so wide as David Brainerd’s. Why has his life made the impact that it has?
Mar 2, 2010 · David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a missionary to the Native Americans of New York. He died of Tuberculosis in Jonathan Edwards’ home. Two years later Edwards published The Life of David Brainerd, which consists almost entirely of Brainerd’s journal entries.
Jan 29, 2014 · David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians in the 1740's, lived only 29 years yet his life continues to impact Christians because of his lifestyle of prayer and fasting.
Apr 19, 2018 · April 20 marks the 300th birthday of David Brainerd, the celebrated missionary to Native Americans and protege of Jonathan Edwards.
