Author: Shalem John

Birth:14-11-1804 Home Calling :18-04-1895 Native Place : Dublin Country: Ireland Place of Vision: Jamaica and Nigeria Hope Masterton Waddell was an Irish medical missionary who served in Jamaica and Nigeria. Even from his young age Waddell expressed a strong desire to join the ministry but couldn’t because of his speech impediment. However, if God can use stammering Moses to lead lakhs of Israelites, can’t he use Waddell too? Yes! God opened for Waddell the doors for missionary work while he was apprenticing at a drug store. After a ministerial training in Edinburgh, he was sent by the Scottish Missionary Society…

Birth: 19.07.1859 Death:12.10.1916 Native Place: London, England Place of Vision: Korea Horace Grant Underwood was born in London and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1872. After graduating in Arts from New York University, he joined the Dutch Reformed Theological Seminary in New Brunswick. He was ordained in 1884 and hoped to go to India to serve as a missionary. However, God spoke to him about the need for Gospel in Korea. After convincing the Presbyterian Board of Missions, Underwood set out to Korea filled with eager hope to preach the message of the Cross. Also known…

Birth: 08-12-1835 Home Calling: 07-01-1920 Native Place: Pennsylvania Country: United States of America Place of Vision: China Hunter Corbett was an American pioneer missionary who served in Shandong province in China. After his graduation from Princeton Theological Seminary, he along with his wife sailed to China to serve the Lord. After a hazardous journey and a shipwreck, they finally reached Chefoo in 1865. As he began his evangelistic work, his life was far from easy but was worth his sufferings. He believed in comprehensive itinerary ministry throughout the villages in Northern China rather than concentrated ministry in cities. During one…