Author: Shalem John

Birth: 31-08-1882 Death: 19-04-1969 Native Place: India Place of Vision: India Savarirayan Yesudasan was a missionary and the founder of the Christu-kula Ashram (Family of Christ Ashram) at Thirupattur district, North Arcot, South India. During the early nineteenth century, indigenous forms of Christianity took roots. The rethinking of Christianity from an Indian perspective was reiterated by a group of students from the Madras Medical College, one among whom was Savarirayan Yesudasan. He believed that Christianity must understand the spiritual ethos to adopt methods of work and forms of worship in line with local tradition. After finishing his FRCS in Edinburgh,…

Birth Home Calling Homeland: United States of America Place of Vision: Indonesia “…but go thou and preach the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:60). Obeying to this commandment, the missionary couple Scott and Jennie Philips moved to Indonesia in 2003 to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ accessible to the tribal people of the Dao jungle, Indonesia. Scott was born to devout Christian parents. Believing that Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for his sins, he received the Lord as his personal Savior. During the middle of his Bible Institute years, a missionary named Dun Gordy came and taught a…

Birth: 19-01-1871 Home Calling: 04-03-1963 Native Place: Kansas Country: United States of America Place of Vision: India and China George Sherwood Eddy was an American missionary who is known for his indefatigable itinerant ministry in India and China. Eddy was born again in a Christian conference in 1889 and since then developed a deep burden for saving souls. After his father’s death, Eddy inherited substantial wealth, yet it did not interest him much. After his engineering studies, he joined the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) with a vision to “evangelize the world in this generation”. While he was actively ministering…