Author: Shalem John

Birth: 1872 Home Calling: 12-05-1893 Homeland : Africa Place of Vision: America Samuel Kaboo Morris (Prince Kaboo) was the son of a chief of the Kru tribe in Liberia, Africa. When he was young, he was captured by the Grebo tribe, who used him as a pawn to extract tribute from the Kru tribe. Whenever they defaulted, Kaboo was smeared with honey and left for the ants to eat him alive. The tortures made Kaboo hopeless, and he was on the verge of death. One night, when he was about to be whipped, there was a blinding flash of light,…

Birth: 12.04.1867 Death: 02.04.1952 Native Place: Michigan, America Place of Vision: Arabia, Egypt Samuel Marinus Zwemer, also known as an ‘Apostle to Islam,’ was one of the most noted missionaries of the twentieth century who served in Arabia and Egypt for almost 38 years. He was born to immigrant parents from the Netherlands to America and was brought up in deep religious convictions and moral values. Samuel accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior when he was a young boy. When he realized that God was calling him to the foreign field, he immediately obeyed and dedicated his…

Birth:1803 Home Calling: 1881 Homeland : United Kingdom Place of Vision: Jamaica Samuel Oughton was a Baptist missionary who served in Jamaica. He ministered at the Independent Congregational Surrey Chapel in London before arriving in Jamaica in 1836. From 1839, he served as a pastor at the East Queen Street Chapel in Kingston, which largely consisted of the African population. Even after the legal abolishment of slavery began in Jamaica, conditions were not so favorable for Africans there. They still were taken into slavery and were frequently harassed. Oughton was one among few other missionaries who bravely stood in support…