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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Christian Friedrich Schwarz was a prominent German Lutheran missionary who arrived in India in 1750. His mission was instrumental in the conversion of many people from Tamil Nadu to Lutheranism. He died in Tamil Nadu and was buried in St.Peter's Church at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. [139] [140] [141]
Roman Catholic missionaries. These include: Jordan Catala. Giovanni de' Marignolli alias John De Marignolli. Roberto de Nobili. St. Francis Xavier (1506–52) Matheus de Castro (1594–1677) Thomas de Castro (d. 1684)
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.
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.
Pandita Ramabai. Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta. [ 2 ] She was one of the ten women delegates of the ...