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George Müller - A Second Wind For Mission
Many readers of these brief missionary biographies will know something of the remarkable life of George Müller (1805-1898), how he showed amazing trust in the Lord to provide for the orphans that he cared for – a total of 10,024 orphans during his lifetime. Through his faith in God to provide, so comprehensive was his […]
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George Müller - A Second Wind For Mission
Many readers of these brief missionary biographies will know something of the remarkable life of George Müller (1805-1898), how he showed amazing trust in the Lord to provide for the orphans that he cared for – a total of 10,024 orphans during his lifetime. Through his faith in God to provide, so comprehensive was his […]
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James Chalmers - The David Livingstone of New Guinea
It was said of James Chalmers (1841-1901) that his fearlessness won the respect of the cannibals; his compassion, their loyalty and friendship. By the end of the 19th century, much of the New Guinea region had been reached with the Gospel through the faithful and sacrificial service of Chalmers and the many missionaries who proclaimed […]
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James Chalmers - The David Livingstone of New Guinea
It was said of James Chalmers (1841-1901) that his fearlessness won the respect of the cannibals; his compassion, their loyalty and friendship. By the end of the 19th century, much of the New Guinea region had been reached with the Gospel through the faithful and sacrificial service of Chalmers and the many missionaries who proclaimed […]
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Walter Medhurst - The First Generation
Walter Henry Medhurst (1796-1857), was an English Congregationalist missionary to China. He was one of the early translators of the Bible into the Chinese language. It is hard to do him justice and a much fuller account of his life can be found in the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (see link below). His death […]
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Walter Medhurst - The First Generation
Walter Henry Medhurst (1796-1857), was an English Congregationalist missionary to China. He was one of the early translators of the Bible into the Chinese language. It is hard to do him justice and a much fuller account of his life can be found in the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (see link below). His death […]
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Rufus Anderson - Radical Missionary Thinker
It would be profitable in some ways for every prospective missionary to be shut in a room with Rufus Anderson for a day and to be told to listen, not to speak. That would be impossible because Anderson died almost 150 years ago. He lived from 1796-1880. Yet it would be useful to be subject […]
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Rufus Anderson - Radical Missionary Thinker
It would be profitable in some ways for every prospective missionary to be shut in a room with Rufus Anderson for a day and to be told to listen, not to speak. That would be impossible because Anderson died almost 150 years ago. He lived from 1796-1880. Yet it would be useful to be subject […]
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Henry Venn - Shaping Mission Thinking
Henry Venn (1796-1873) was both an extraordinary Christian leader of his day and a hugely important figure in cross-cultural mission thinking. He was a man of many parts, with a significant impact on the British political scene of his day. He was a campaigner, in the tradition of the Clapham Sect, who fought to ensure […]
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Henry Venn - Shaping Mission Thinking
Henry Venn (1796-1873) was both an extraordinary Christian leader of his day and a hugely important figure in cross-cultural mission thinking. He was a man of many parts, with a significant impact on the British political scene of his day. He was a campaigner, in the tradition of the Clapham Sect, who fought to ensure […]
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John Nevius. He Also Got It Right!
John Livingston Nevius (1829-1893) was an American Presbyterian missionary to China during the nineteenth century. The story of how he became a missionary and his subsequent cross-cultural service in China together with his wife is fascinating. But they are not the reason that he remains such a strategic cross-cultural missionary figure. His deepest value lies […]
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John Nevius. He Also Got It Right!
John Livingston Nevius (1829-1893) was an American Presbyterian missionary to China during the nineteenth century. The story of how he became a missionary and his subsequent cross-cultural service in China together with his wife is fascinating. But they are not the reason that he remains such a strategic cross-cultural missionary figure. His deepest value lies […]
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The Missionary Who Got It Right!
Roland Allen (1868-1947) had a short and not very effective missionary career in China. It was his writings after that which made him a critical voice in cross-cultural thinking. In 1895 he was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) to its North China Mission. Allen spent two periods in Northern […]
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The Missionary Who Got It Right!
Roland Allen (1868-1947) had a short and not very effective missionary career in China. It was his writings after that which made him a critical voice in cross-cultural thinking. In 1895 he was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) to its North China Mission. Allen spent two periods in Northern […]
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A Decade of Perseverance | James Gilmour
James Gilmour, 1843-1891 (Chinese: 景雅各) was a Scottish missionary to China and Mongolia with the London Missionary Society. Wikipedia sums up this unusually devoted servant of the Lord Jesus this way. “Upon reaching a new city, he pitched his tent on a main thoroughfare and from early morning till late at night healed the sick, […]
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A Decade of Perseverance | James Gilmour
James Gilmour, 1843-1891 (Chinese: 景雅各) was a Scottish missionary to China and Mongolia with the London Missionary Society. Wikipedia sums up this unusually devoted servant of the Lord Jesus this way. “Upon reaching a new city, he pitched his tent on a main thoroughfare and from early morning till late at night healed the sick, […]
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Don Richardson and the “Peace Child”
Don Richardson (1935–2018) was a Canadian missionary who, in 1962, with his wife Carol and their seven-month-old baby, went to work among the Sawi tribe of what was then Dutch New Guinea in the service of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. The Sawi were cannibalistic headhunters. The Richardsons lived with the tribe in virtual isolation […]
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Don Richardson and the “Peace Child”
Don Richardson (1935–2018) was a Canadian missionary who, in 1962, with his wife Carol and their seven-month-old baby, went to work among the Sawi tribe of what was then Dutch New Guinea in the service of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. The Sawi were cannibalistic headhunters. The Richardsons lived with the tribe in virtual isolation […]
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The Short Missionary Service of Nellie and Topsy Saunders.
In one sense, there is not a great deal to say about Eleanor (Nellie) and Elizabeth (Topsy) Saunders. Their missionary work in China lasted less than two years. They were Christian girls in nineteenth-century Australia who planned a normal middle-class life for themselves. Nellie was training to be a professional pianist. Topsy was preparing to […]
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The Short Missionary Service of Nellie and Topsy Saunders.
In one sense, there is not a great deal to say about Eleanor (Nellie) and Elizabeth (Topsy) Saunders. Their missionary work in China lasted less than two years. They were Christian girls in nineteenth-century Australia who planned a normal middle-class life for themselves. Nellie was training to be a professional pianist. Topsy was preparing to […]
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