Author: Shalem John

Birth:1885 Death: 14-04-1954 Native Place: Pennsylvania Country: United States of America Place of Vision: Sudan and Ethiopia Thomas Lambie was a missionary medical doctor known for his ministry in British Sudan, Ethiopia, and Palestine. He went to Western Pennsylvania Medical College for medical training. During his time at the college, Lambie attended various missionary conventions, which prepared his heart for the service of God. At the age of 22, he was accepted by the Foreign Missions Board of the United Presbyterian Church to serve in Sudan. He started his missionary work in Sudan in 1907, where he established his first…

Birth:01-01-1825 Home Calling: 14-05-1891 Native Place : Burton-on-Trent Country: England Place of Vision: British India and Muscat A tomb on the seashore near Muscat inscribed “First Bishop of Lahore and First Missionary to Muscat” followed by verse John 12:24. It is the tomb of a missionary who served rigorously in British India and among Muslims, despite his poor health went on to Arabia and finally fell on the ground of Muscat as a kernel of wheat. Thomas Valpy French was the eldest child of a clergyman in the Anglican Church. In his childhood, an interest in overseas ministry arose in…

Birth: 09-01-1836 Home Calling:28-09-1908 Native Place: Pennsylvania Country: United States of America Place of Vision : China Calvin Wilson Mateer was a pioneer Presbyterian missionary in the Shantung province of China. Born into a Christian family, Mateer was deeply influenced by the devotional life of his mother, Mary. She always encouraged her children to carry the gospel to the heathen lands so much that six of her seven children committed themselves to God’s service. After he graduated from Jefferson College in 1855, Mateer joined the Western Theological Seminary. Then, along with his wife Julia, he sailed to China in 1863…