Author: Shalem John

Birth Home Calling: 1935 Native Place : Ontario Country: Canada Place of Vision : India W. C. MacDougall was born in Ontario, Canada. He was a pharmaceutical chemist. During his stay at Hiram college, he ministered among the students. He then served as a pastor at a church and as the principal of Disciples’ college in St. Thomas. After coming to know the need for missionaries to India, he committed himself to full-time missionary service. MacDougall was first stationed at Calcutta. There he had a tremendous opportunity to work among the students and regularly conducted Bible classes. In 1910, he…

Birth: 10.04.1829 Death: 20.08.1912 Native Place: Nottinghamshire, England Place of Vision: England William Booth was an English Methodist preacher who later became the founder of ‘The Salvation Army.’ After losing his father at the age of 14, he worked as a pawnbroker’s assistant for seven years to support his family. He accepted Christ as his personal savior when he was fifteen and committed his life for the service of God. Later he was ordained as a Methodist Minister at the age of 21 and began open-air evangelizing in London’s streets. That’s where he encountered the heart-wrenching scenes of poverty that…

When I was actually teaching in seminary, it was a big deal to be published in CT. It’s always been part of my academic life and my ministerial life as I’ve leaned into what it means to think intellectually and deeply about faith.  Walter Kim: I grew up in an immigrant household that was not churchgoing or deeply faith-formed. When I became a Christian in high school, I discovered a world that I didn’t know existed. I didn’t know Christian colleges or Christian publications existed. I didn’t even know that Christian books were a thing. I spent a lot of…