Author: Shalem John

Birth: 25.04.1824 Death: 28.01.1907 Birth Place: Kirkmahoe Country: Scotland Place of Vision: New Hebrides John Gibson Paton was a Scottish missionary who served in the New Hebrides Islands in South Pacific. He studied at a Parish school and learned the cloth manufacturing trade when he was just 12. He was much influenced by the prayerful life of his father and felt, called by God to serve as a missionary. Eventually, he went to Glasgow University to study theology and medicine. After graduating, he started distributing tracts and did missionary work among the poor in Glasgow. In 1858, he was ordained…

Birth: 01-04-1827 Home Calling: 20-09-1871 Native Place: Devon Country: England Place of Vision: South Pacific Islands 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 Selwyn. Being an enthusiastic worker in the church thus far, Patteson immediately volunteered to serve God among the savages of the Melanesian Islands. Patteson arrived in Auckland in 1855 and took over…

Birth: 22.01.1711 Death: 23.01.1791 City: Frankfurt Country: Germany Place of Vision : India Johann Phillip Fabricius was a German missionary to India. He graduated in Law from Giessen University and Theology from Halle University. After his ordination at Copenhagen in 1739, he was appointed for the Tranquebar mission in India. In 1740, he arrived in Tranquebar and quickly learned Tamil. Later he moved to Madras, where he led a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Vepery. For 30 years, that ministry flourished under his guidance, adding many souls to the flock of Christ. Fabricius was keen on finishing the translations of…