Author: Shalem John

Birth: 24-12-1810 Home Calling: 16-09-1849 Native Place: Berriew Country: United Kingdom Place of Vision: North East India Thomas Jones was a missionary from England who is remembered for his pioneer ministry among Khasi tribes in Assam and Meghalaya in India. Since childhood, Jones began assisting his father in carpentry to support the family. The financial conditions didn’t allow him to pursue formal education. But he was very active in the church and began preaching at the age of 25. He offered himself to the London Missionary Society (LMS) for missionary work who refused to send him citing his poor health…

Birth: 31-03-1593 Home Calling: 25-03-1682 Native Place: Tisbury Country: United Kingdom Place of Vision: Martha’s Vineyard, United States of America Thomas Mayhew Sr. was such a valiant soul who surely ought to be included in the list of Missionary Heroes. Some people think their work is done at seventy, but not so Thomas Mayhew. His beginning of the missionary work has an interesting background. Thomas Sr., who moved to America in 1631, was a merchant and land proprietor in Massachusetts. He soon became the Governor of Martha’s Vineyard, which was a part of Elizabeth Islands. Under his authority, the islands…

Birth: 16-04-1815 Home Calling: 22-10-1858 Homeland : England Place of Vision: India Thomas Gajetan Ragland was one among those who testified through his life that obedience to God is better than offerings. Born in Gibraltar, Ragland studied Mathematics at the Cambridge University and later worked at Corpus Christi College as a tutor. It was at Cambridge, Ragland was disturbed by the thought that thousands were dying without knowing Christ. Though he initially tried to ignore it, he eventually yielded to the thought and went forward at God’s sign. He landed in Madras, India, as a missionary in 1846. On his…