Author: Shalem John

Birth: 17.08.1874 Death: 01.01.1945 City: Vellalanvilai, Tuticorin Country: India Place of Vision: India Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah was the son of a Christian Anglican priest, Thomas Vedanayagam. He lost his father at the age of 15 and was raised by his mother under strict Christian ethics. He studied in Christian missionary boarding schools and pursued a degree in mathematics at Madras Christian College. Though he was not able to graduate due to his illness, he emerged as a young man gifted with leadership qualities. At the age of 19, he joined the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an evangelist and…

Birth: 24-04-1581 Death: 27-09-1660 Native Place: Pouy Country: France Place of Vision: France Vincent de Paul was one of the missionaries who profoundly impacted humankind by demonstrating the Gospel through his practical life. Born into a peasant family in Pouy, France, and was educated by Franciscans at Dax. In the pursuit of fame and wealth, he chose the priesthood as a career that would help better his family fortune. He studied theology at the University of Toulouse, was ordained a priest at the age of 19. He spent most of his early priesthood mingling with members of the elite. However,…

Birth: 03.11.1867 Death: 27.01.1935 Native Place: Florstadt-Stammheim, Germany Place of Vision: India Volbrecht Nagel was a German missionary known for his efforts in church planting and humanitarian ministry in Kerala, India. Nagel was born in a Godly family but lost his parents at a very young age. At the age of 18, he happened to hear the gospel from a cobbler and accepted Lord Jesus as his Savior. With a deep desire to do the missionary work, Nagel moved to Basel, Switzerland, and joined the Basel Mission Training Institute in 1886. He was ordained as a pastor in Evangelical Lutheran…