Author: Shalem John

Birth: 24.03.1909 Death: 17.02.2001 Native Place : Bucharest, Romania Place of Vision: Romania Richard Wurmbrand was the youngest child born into a Jewish family. His family lived in Istanbul for a while and later moved to Romania after the death of his father. He was an intellectual and a fluent speaker of nine languages. As a young man, he was interested in left-wing politics and took up a profession as a stockbroker. He and his wife, Sabina Oster accepted the Lord under the influence of a powerful testimony shared by a German carpenter named Christian Wolfkes. Placing their trust in…

Birth: 08.10.1927 Death: 08.01.1956 City: Portland, Oregon Country: America Place of Vision : Ecuador Jim Elliot whose real name is Philip James Elliot was the third child of Fred and Clara Elliot. He was raised in the fear of God and was encouraged to read the Bible regularly. He grew up listening to the missionaries and dreamed about being a missionary himself someday. He studied architectural drawing in Benson Polytechnic High School at Portland and led an exemplary Christian life among the students. While studying at Wheaton college Jim participated in the ‘International Student Missionary Convention’ at Illinois University in…

Birth: 24-06-1792 Home Calling: 23-10-1825 Native Place: Massachusetts Country: United States of America Place of Vision: Palestine, Asia Minor Pliny Fisk was a pioneer missionary on behalf of the ‘American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to the first Palestine Mission. Although Fisk was religiously a Christian, his heart was far away from God. But, at the age of 16, he began to have questions of the afterlife and consequent fears. This phase brought him to his knees resulting in his conversion. After being born again, he felt a strong desire to bring others to Christ, which developed into…