The Gambler's Mission: Steve P. Holcombe and the Heritage of the Louisville Rescue Mission - Paperback

by Adam Garland Winters (Author)

The Louisville Rescue Mission, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the nation, has 135-year roots that begin with the most unlikely of missionaries. It was constituted as an interdenominational ministry by former riverboat gambler Steve P. Holcombe. His conversion to Christianity led him to transform the spiritual and social landscape of his city. Now a Southern Baptist benevolence ministry, the Louisville Rescue Mission's perseverance is a story as remarkable as Holcombe's own life.

Author Biography

Adam Garland Winters is the Archivist at the James P. Boyce Centennial Library of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A native of Camden, Tennessee, he is a graduate of Union University and is a member of Auburndale Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky.