Author: Shalem John

Birth: 19-11-1810 : Home Calling:17-01-1901 Native Place: New Jersey Country: United States of America Place of Vision: Greece From the beginning, effective communication of the Gospel to all human beings everywhere has been the driving force of Christian ministry, and the linguists had played an essential role in this regard. Elias Riggs of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was one of many such linguists worldwide who used their talents for the extension of the Kingdom of God. Riggs was born into a devoted and God-fearing Christian family. By the time he was 13, he had become…

A new study is shedding light on a rarely researched area: faith-based health care in low-resource settings.  The study, published in JAMA Surgery, found dramatically lower surgical mortality rates at faith-based hospitals in East, Central, and Southern Africa than at public and private hospitals in the same regions. The postoperative mortality rate at faith-based hospitals was 57 percent lower than it was at public hospitals and 47 percent lower than at private hospitals. The study examined more than 100,000 surgical cases across 85 teaching hospitals in those regions of Africa from 2005 to 2020. Two physicians affiliated with Brown University’s…

Birth: 24.03.1864 Death: 06.12.1956 City: Cumberland Country: England Place of Vision : India Edith Mary Brown was a British medical missionary to India. After losing her father at a very young age, she moved to London with her family where she graduated from Girton College, Cambridge. Inspired by her sister who was a missionary, Mary developed an interest in medical mission work. She joined the London School of Medicine in Edinburgh and graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1891. Mary recognized her call for the challenging missionary work and joined the Baptist Missionary Society. She was sent to India,…