Author: Shalem John

Birth: 01-02-1795 Home Calling :20-05-1853 Native Place: Hampshire Country: England Place of Vision: Iraq and India Anthony Norris Groves was a dentist by profession and an ardent Christian from his youth. He accepted the Lord as his personal savior when he was 21 and had a deep understanding of the New Testament. While still pursuing his dentistry, he published a booklet called ‘Christian Devotedness’ based on the instructions given in the Sermon on the Mount. Through the book, he intended to encourage the believers to commit themselves and their all to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world. George Muller was…

Birth: 251 AD Death:356 AD Native Place: Koma, Egypt Place of Vision: Many early Christians, wanting to develop a deeper relationship with Christ, renounced their worldly life and embraced monasticism. They lived a spiritual life by practicing extreme self-denial. Among those early monks, Saint Antony was a prominent one who led a life of seclusion, self-denial, and prayer and inspired many people to lead a Godly life. Born into a wealthy family in Egypt, young Antony inherited his parents’ wealth after their death. Around the same time, Antony also happened to listen to a reading from Matthew’s Gospel in which…

Birth Death:-1865 Native Place: Illinois,United States Place of Vision: India Arabella Merrill was a pioneer medical missionary sent to India by the ‘Disciples of Christ’ mission. She studied medicine at a medical school in Ann Arbor and graduated with the highest honors in 1887. Later she worked as a doctor at hospitals in Chicago and Michigan. During this time, she heard about the great ministry of Pandita Ramabai in India. Her challenging testimony inspired Merrill and her best friend, Olivia Baldwin, so much that they decided to serve God as medical missionaries in India. Together they arrived in India in…