Author: Shalem John

Birth:09-12-1882 Death: 24-05-1933 Native Place: Fleetwood Country: England Place of Vision : China Percy Cunningham Mather was a pioneer protestant missionary pioneer of the China Inland Mission in Central Asia. Born in England, Mather worked in railways and was a nominal Christian. He accepted Christ as his personal savior through the ministry of J. H. Doddrell and committed his life to serve God. Initially, he ministered among the children and preached in and around his village. While he was waiting for his ordination, he heard the call of the China Inland Mission and offered himself to serve the Lord in…

Birth: 12-03-1796 Home Calling: 08-12-1877 Native Place: New Jersey Country: United States of America Place of Vision: Hawaiian Islands and Japan The household of Gulick is a well-known name in the American Protestant overseas missions. Many of them traveled to disparate places such as Hawaii, Spain, and Japan. Peter Johnson Gulick was the patriarch of the Gulick household who initiated the great lineage of missionaries. After accepting the Lord at the age of 20, he dedicated his life to the advancement of God’s Kingdom in foreign countries. After graduating from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1827, Peter joined the American…

Birth: 27.05.1902 Home calling : 26.01.1949 Native Place: Coatbridge Country: Scotland Place of Vision: United States of America Peter Marshall was a Scottish-American preacher and a pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. Born in Scotland, Marshall, had to flee his house due to his abusive stepfather. He did menial jobs to support himself and studied at night college. Even from his childhood, he was inspired by the life of David Livingstone and aspired to become like him. When a missionary from China appealed for workers to labor in the mission field, Marshall immediately obeyed and…