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Amy Carmichael was a prolific writer, publishing many books and articles about her experiences as a missionary in India. Carmichael died in India in 1951 at the age of 83. She asked that no stone be put over her grave at Dohnavur. Other Christian missionaries have cited her as an influence. [12] India outlawed temple prostitution in 1948 ...
Born. (1761-08-17) 17 August 1761. Paulerspury, England. Died. 9 June 1834 (1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Signature. William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the ...
Eugen Liebendörfer – German physician and Basel missionary to India. James Long – Church Missionary Society missionary. Joshua Marshman. Henry Martyn – Church Missionary Society missionary. Arthur Margoschis – Nazareth, Tamil Nadu – SPG missionary. Julia Lore McGrew - medical missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of ...
Graham Staines. Graham Stuart Staines (18 January 1941 – 23 January 1999) was an Australian Christian missionary, who along with his two sons, Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death in India by members of the Hindu nationalist group, Bajrang Dal. [1] In 2003, Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh was convicted of leading the ...
Charles Freer Andrews. Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle.
Christian Frederick Schwarz (with spellings including Friedrich and Schwartz or Swartz) (8 October 1726 – 13 February 1798) was a German Lutheran missionary to India.He was known for his linguistic skills, with knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Persian, Marathi, and Telugu and worked with the British to serve as an emissary of peace and sent to the court of Haider Ali ...
William Pettigrew (5 January 1869 – 19 January 1943) was a British Christian missionary who went to India in 1890, eventually brought western education in Manipur and introducing Jesus Christ to the Tangkhul Naga tribe, inhabiting Ukhrul district and he became the main catalyst for the surge in current christian population in Manipur. [ 1 ]
British Commonwealth. The Church Missionary Society in India was a branch organisation established by the Church Missionary Society (CMS), which was founded in Britain in 1799 under the name the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, [1] as a mission society working with the Anglican Communion, other Protestants, and Orthodox Christians ...