Author: Shalem John

Birth: 06-02-1870 Home Calling: 01-07-1944 Homeland : England Place of Vision: North East India 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 known for his ministry among the North-Eastern tribes of India. Lorrain was a Godly young man and had a successful job in London. However, God’s love within him for the Mizo tribes compelled him to…

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Birth: 22-08-1811 Home Calling: 05-04-1889 Native Place Country: England Place of Vision: India James Kershaw Best was a British missionary who is known for his work in Christianagaram in Tamil Nadu, India. Christianagaram was actually a village called Adhiyakurichi in Tamil Nadu where Rev. Christian Kohlhoff ministered. The villagers renamed their village Christianagaram in his honor. To this place, James Kershaw Best was sent to minister by The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) in 1844. In his youth, Kershaw was inspired by the ministry of Bishop Spencer and committed his life to the ministry.…

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Birth:15.02.1662 Home calling: 17.02. 1688 Native Place: Moniaive, Scotland Vision: Scotland James Renwick was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who became a martyr for Christ for his radical obedience to the Word of God. Born into a pious family, Renwick had a strong affinity towards church activities from a very early age. At the age of thirteen, he went to the University of Edinburgh, where he studied religion and theology. There he was drawn towards Richard Cameroon’s teachings who was killed for resisting King Charles II to impose the Bishops’ authority on the Scotland church. Later he went to the Netherlands…

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