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 of a missionary who served rigorously in British India and among Muslims, despite his poor health went on to Arabia and finally fell on the…
James Herbert Lorrain biography, In 1890, the story of a six-year-old British girl abducted by the dangerous Mizo tribes was published in a newspaper. A Christian telegraphist reading it was not angry at the Mizo tribes, but was filled with a burden for changing their lives for Christ. He was James Herbert Lorrain, who is…
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 a Sunday School and by twenty he was preaching publicly. In a Methodist conference of 1814, Barnabas obeyed God’s definite call for missionary service. Although…
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 in his youth. While he was working at Oxford University, he heard about the need for Christian volunteers in South Pacific Islands through Bishop George…
Fortunatus Henri Caumont biography, was a French missionary who served in Rajasthan, India. Fortunatus was raised in the fear of God and from his childhood, he harbored a deep desire to serve God. But he lost his father at a very young age and had to take up the responsibility of sustaining the family. He…
Frederick Booth-Tucker biography, was born in India, where his father William Thornhill Tucker was a Deputy Commissioner in the Indian Civil Service (ICS). Though he was born in a Christian family, deep spiritual conversion occurred only in 1875 during the London campaigns of D. L. Moody and Sankey. After completion of his education in England,…
George Walker Jackson was one of the missionaries of the ‘Disciples of Christ’ organization who served in India. He came to India in 1880 and did itinerant missionary work in the villages surrounding Benares and Jubbulpore (Jabalpur). Then he moved to Bilaspur and did evangelistic work in Harda. Biography:Birth: –Home Calling: 1924Native Place: YorkshireCountry :…
John Harper biography, was born into a Christian family in Scotland and accepted the Lord as his personal savior at the age of 13. As a young man, Harper worked in a mill during the day and preached the Gospel during his free time in his village. His preaching manner was more like pleading with…
