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His mission at first gained few converts and endured persecution, so he began to pray very intensely. From 1899 he began to spend entire nights in prayer to God. In 1904, he began to attend a conference at Sialkot. He formed the Punjab Prayer Union, the members of which set aside half an hour a day to pray for spiritual revival. In 1908 he told ...
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 ...
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 around the world.
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 ...
Christianity is the predominant religion in the North East states of Nagaland, MizoramMeghalaya, and Manipur, and has substantial populations in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goaand Andaman Nicobar Islands.
Anglican Communion. Feast. 19 October. Henry Martyn (18 February 1781 – 16 October 1812) was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. [1] A chance encounter with Charles Simeon led him to become a missionary.
Sundar Singh was birthed into a Sikh [2] [3] family in the village of Rampur (near Doraha), Ludhiana district (Punjab state), in northern India.Singh's mother took him to sit at the feet of a Hindu sadhu, an ascetic holy man, who lived in the jungle some miles away, while also sending him to Ewing Christian High School, Ludhiana, to learn English.
Cherupushpa Mission League is a lay apostolic organisation started in 1947 which promotes the missionary cause of the Catholic Church. The pioneers of this organisation were Rev. Fr Joseph Maliparampil (24 December 1909 – 09 September 1998), the then assistant parish priest of St Mary's Church, Bharanganam and P. C. Abraham Pallattukunnel ( 1925 – 11 August 2009).