18th April 1506: The Foundation of the current Saint Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City), Rome, Italy is laid by Pope Julius II. The original Saint Peter’s Basilica was built by Emperor Constantine in the Fourth Century and had fallen beyond repair by the end of the Fifteenth Century. This led to the building of the current Vatican City in Rome, Italy.
18th April 1521: Martin Luther refuses to recant his thesis of Reformation to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms. He made his famous speech, “I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.”
18th April 1946: Michael Dean Murdock (Mike Murdock) is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United State of America. He is an author, a Televangelist, a Songwriter and the Founder of Mike Murdock Evangelistic Association and the Pastor of Wisdom Center Ministry, Haltom City, Texas, United States of America.
18th April 1949: Joseph Imariabe Ojo is born in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State. He was formerly a National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) from 1999 to 2009 and currently the Presiding Archbishop of Calvary Kingdom Church.
18th April 2018: Bishop David Abioye visits the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time on an Apostolic Visitation. He was received at Winners Chapel International, Bunza-UPN, D.R. Congo. Congo was one of the first countries the Liberation Mandate entered after God told Bishop David Oyedepo, “The harvest of Africa is now overripe”. Hundreds of churches has been planted in Congo as at 2026.
18th April 1587: John Foxe goes to be with the Lord. He was an English clergyman, theologian and author of The Acts and Monuments of the Church better known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.
18th April 2023: Reverend Charles Frazier Stanley passes on to glory. He was the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, United States of America and the Founder of In Touch Ministries.
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