Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck, was an American medical missionary to Syria and Lebanon and the translator of the Bible into Arabic. Cornelius attained his medical degree from the Jefferson
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David Cargill
David Cargill, The Fijian Islands were once called ‘Cannibal Isles.’ The locals actively practiced cannibalism which was a regular part of their lives. Their religious beliefs often required human sacrifice
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Christine Iverson Bennett
Christine Iverson Bennett, was a medical missionary at the Arabian Peninsula. Originally belonging to Denmark, her family migrated to the United States in 1893. Christine’s experience of illness in her
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Charles Stewart Thompson
Charles Stewart Thompson, was the first medical missionary in Kherwara Chhaoni in Rajputana, the Bhils region of Central India. His schools, famine relief centers, and medical service transformed care in
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Fanny Jane Butler
Fanny Jane Butler, was a pioneer medical missionary to India from England. She gave her heart to Christ when she was 13 and became a Sunday school teacher at 14.
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Anne Luther Bagby
Anne Luther Bagby, was an American Baptist Missionary who served in Brazil. Born in a Christian family, she was baptized at eleven and always had a mind for missions. After
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Mary Graybiel
Mary Graybiel, was one of the four young women who, in 1882, sailed to India to preach the Gospel. Mary became interested in missions when, as a small girl, she
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Abdullah and Nathaniel Sabat
Abdullah and Nathaniel Sabat, was a zealous Mohammedan and diligently studied Islamic doctrine in his youth. To fulfill his mandatory religious duty, he set out on a pilgrimage tour with
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