Adoniram Judson

This past Tuesday, April 12th marked the death of the first missionary sent out from the United States overseas.  Adoniram Judson was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1788, and served the Lord in Burma (modern day Myanmar) for 37 years until he died in 1850.  I was...

James Chalmers, 1841-1901

On this day, 110 years ago – April 8th, 1901, one of the greatest missionaries to minister in the South Pacific was tragically murdered, beheaded, and eaten by cannibals. You may have never heard of James Chalmers, but he was directly responsible for the gospel...

A letter from Robert Murray McCheyne

I’ve ben reading “Memoirs of McCheyne”, by Andrew Bonar over the past couple of weeks, and I must say in my opinion it is a must read – particularly those who have a heart for missions.  The book is out of print, but if you can find it, I...

First Communion on Aniwa

As mentioned in my last post, I waned to write a little about John G. Paton and the impact that he had in the New Hebrides in the mid to late 1800’s. Instead of quoting bits and pieces from one of my favorite chapters, I figured I would just post the entire...