This Is My Beloved: The story of Emilia Baeyertz, Jewish Christian Lady Evangelist

Jewish Christian Lady Evangelist. Combinations of

these words can cause a fuss. A little over a century ago, even

more so. Back then, crowds of thousands of women and men,

of all classes, in cities, towns and villages across Australia,

New Zealand, North America and Britain, flocked to hear

Emilia Baeyertz tell her story and exhort them to follow Jesus

the Messiah.

For decades, a ticket to hear Mrs Baeyertz was one of the

hottest going. Yet, Emilia has been largely forgotten, even

among those many whose spiritual ancestors found new lives

through her message.

We have no sound recording yet we do have her voice.

She published her own lectures and biography. Everywhere

she spoke, the newspapers recorded what she had to say and

how her audiences responded. Drawing from some of those

records, and from what we have had to imagine, we present

for you Emilia’s remarkable true story of romance, tragedy

and hope as an historical novel.