Church of All Nations

The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest. (Mark 14:32-42)

History

The current church rests on the foundations of two earlier ones, that of a small 12th century Crusader chapel abandoned in 1345, and a 4th-century Byzantine basilica, destroyed by an earthquake in 746. In 1920, during work on the foundations, a column was found two meters beneath the floor of the medieval crusader chapel. Fragments of a magnificent mosaic were also found. Following this discovery the architect immediately removed the new foundations and began excavations of the earlier church. After the remains of the Byzantine era church were fully excavated plans for the new church were altered and work continued on the current basilica from April 19, 1922 until June 1924 when it was consecrated.

Church of All Nations (Melbourne)

Church of All Nations (CAN) formally known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church, opened its religious services on Sunday the 6th of March 1870. Located on 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton in Melbourne Australia, the bluestone-covered church was designed by English Architect, Joseph Reed, of Reed & Barnes. Mr. Johns Pidgon was contracted to build the Romanesque dwelling after the church received a loan of £300 to construct the new church since the previous standing (Stucco) brick chapel (directly besides it) became too small for the growing congregation.

History

After designing almost every major church building in Carlton (including St. Jude’s, the Congregational Church and the Church of the Sacred Heart) Joseph Reeds’ Gothic design suffered two set backs; the first design announcement in 1857 which was communally opposed, and the Wesleyan Church Architecture article guide published by the Wesleyan Chronicle, which inevitably changed the style and forms of the building from a Roman Gothic pageantry to a more Romanesque Norman architectural language. Also, due to funding issues, the central area of the church was shortened; the grand spire and surrounding balconies were never constructed Besides the funding and aesthetical complications, the building still stands as an important and significant piece of Australian architecture; it depicts a fine example of a Norman Romanesque style in the state of Victoria.

T. B. Joshua

Temitope Balogun Joshua (born June 12, 1963), commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian prophet. He is the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a religious organisation that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos, Nigeria.

He has been awarded various accolades, notably receiving the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the Nigerian government in 2008 and being voted the Yoruba man of the decade by Pan-Yoruba media outlet Irohin-Odua. He was recognised as one of Africa's 50 most influential people by Pan-African magazines The Africa Report and New African Magazine and listed among the world's most famous people by the website thefamouspeople.com.

Joshua is known for his popularity across Africa and his online presence, with over 1,500,000 fans on Facebook and hundreds of YouTube videos which have proved controversial and amassed millions of views.As of 2011, according to Forbes, Joshua was Nigeria’s third-richest pastor.

All Nations

All Nations was the name of a barnstorming professional baseball team that toured the Midwest from 1912 to 1918, and again in 1920 and 1921, and from 1923 to 1925. It derived its name from the fact that its team included players of several nationalities, including blacks and whites, Indians, Hawaiians, Orientals, and Latin Americans. The team was founded by the Hopkins Brothers sporting goods stores. One day, however, the team's manager absconded with the daily gate proceeds. J. L. Wilkinson, who played for the team, replaced him as manager, later becoming owner as well. The team was based out of Kansas City and Des Moines.

Under the management of Wilkinson, the All Nations' approach to the game was more serious than that of many teams who followed Abe Saperstein's farcical approach. They did however provide additional entertainment for their audiences, including having a dance band to play before the games and wrestlers like Ben Reeves to perform after their games.

Wilkinson transported the team from location to location in a $25,000 Pullman car, which also held portable bleachers which would be set up for the game. He did not pay for rooms for his players, however, instead having them sleep the night before the game in tents they brought with them on the field on which they would play.