Thomas Valpy French biography, A tomb on the seashore near Muscat inscribed “First Bishop of Lahore and First Missionary to Muscat” followed by verse John 12:24. It is the tomb
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Barnabas Shaw
Barnabas Shaw biography, was a pioneer missionary to South Africa known for his ministry among Namaqua tribes. Barnabas grew up on his father’s farm tending sheep. He accepted Christ in
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Alice Marval
Alice Marval biography, The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 is a well-known event in the freedom struggle of India. There were hundreds of innocent casualties on both sides. Peshwa Nana Saheb
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John Patteson
John Patteson biography, John Coleridge Patteson was a missionary from England who died as a martyr in South Pacific Islands. Patteson was excellent in his studies and an accomplished cricketer
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Florence Young
Florence Young biography, Florence Selina Harriet Young was born in Motueka, New Zealand. Her father was an Englishman and a farmer. She was educated at home and studied in a
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Ashbel Green Simonton
Ashbel Green Simonton biography, was an American pioneer missionary to start the first protestant church in Brazil. He was consecrated for God’s work by his mother and was raised in
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William Buck Bagby
William Buck Bagby biography, In 1884, a missionary couple started God's work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amidst opposition from the Catholics. It was a disappointing start to the ministry
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Samuel Oughton
Samuel Oughton biography, was a Baptist missionary who served in Jamaica. He ministered at the Independent Congregational Surrey Chapel in London before arriving in Jamaica in 1836. From 1839, he
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