Author: Shalem John

The Kashmir Mission Hospital Birth: 1847 Home Calling: 13-02-1914 Homeland: England Place of Vision: Jammu and Kashmir, India Kashmir Mission Hospital started by Dr. William Elmslie, a Scottish Medical Missionary, came to a halt after his home calling. Given the topographical challenge Kashmir posed and persecution of Christian missionaries there made it much difficult for the Church Missionary Society to recruit missionaries in Elmslie’s place. But they found a young medical missionary who eagerly answered their request. He was Dr. Theodore Maxwell. Theodore was born in a God-fearing family and was a well-educated person, having degrees in the field of…

Birth:25-12-1799 Home Calling: 16-05-1846 Homeland : United Kingdom Place of Vision: Jamaica Thomas Burchell was a Baptist missionary and a strong advocate for the freedom of slaves in Jamaica. As a young man, Burchell loved to read the testimonies of Chrisitan heroes. He expressed his salvation experience as ‘gaining freedom from the bondage of sin slavery.’ The man who gained freedom from sin slavery worked for the Jamaicans’ spiritual and physical freedom. While training to be a cloth manufacturer in Nailsworth, Burchell came under the Shortwood Baptist Church’s influence. From then onwards, his thoughts were turned towards the mission field.…

Birth:17-06-1917 Home Calling: 22-05-1992 Native Place : Arakkonam Country: India Place of Vision: Tamil Nadu, India When Bishop Edgar Bentley Thorp left India, the Tiruchirappalli-Thanjavur diocese was in a state of confusion. Amidst several internal tugs and tussles, the council of the Church of South India recognized Dr. Solomon Doraiswamy as the right person fit to lead the diocese. Doraiswamy was officially consecrated as the bishop on February 8, 1964, at St. Peter’s Church in Thanjavur. True to the beliefs of the council members, Doraiswamy led the diocese efficiently in both spiritual and physical realms. Doraiswamy was mainly known for…