Author: Shalem John

Birth: 1st Century Home Calling: 107 AD Homeland : Crete Place of Vision: Corinth Saint Titus was an early Christian missionary, a church leader, and a trusted companion of Apostle Paul. He was a Greek from Crete and was a well-learned person in Greek philosophy and poetry in his youth. During Paul’s first missionary journey, Titus heard him preach about Jesus. Immediately his heart responded to the message, and he accepted Jesus as his personal Savior. He was then brought to Jerusalem by Paul to testify how a Greek non-Jew could love God just as much as the Jewish believers…

Birth: 1809 Home Calling : 31-12-1891 Native Place: Lagos Country: Nigeria Place of Vision: Nigeria Long ago, upon the shore of Nigeria, a black boy was playing about. Suddenly, he was seized by strangers from a ship and was sold to a Portuguese slaver. Such wicked deeds were done long ago, and money was made by seizing and selling the poor helpless Africans as slaves. However, after some time, he was set free by some kind people, and then he went to Sierra Leone. The very first thing he did was beg a half-penny to buy an alphabet book for…

Birth: 14-12-1822 Home Calling : 31-05-1898 Native Place: Stamford Country: United States of America Place of Vision: Vadala, India Samuel Bacon Fairbank was an American missionary, writer, and translator associated with American Marathi Mission in India. During his studies at Andover Theological Seminary, he was convinced of his call for missionary service. He was ordained by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in 1845 for the ministry in India. He arrived in Bombay in 1846 along with his wife and immediately took charge of the printing press. There he supervised the translation, revision, and printing of the…