Born in Belfast Ireland, to a devout family of Scottish ancestry, Carmichael was educated at home and in England, where she lived with the familt of Robert Wilson after her father’s death. While never officially adopted, she used the hyphenated name Wilson-Carmichael as late as 1912. Her missionary call came through contacts with the Keswick movement. In 1892 she volunteered to the China Inland Mission but was refused on health grounds. However, in 1893 she sailed for Japan as the first Keswick missionary to join the Church Missionary Society (CMS) work led by Barclay Buxton. After less than two years in Japan and Ceylon, she was back in England before the end of 1894. The next year she volunteered to the Church of England Zenana Missionary... continue

Martin and Gracia Burnham

Missionaries

(1959 - 2002)

Martin Burnham and Gracia were missionaries who served for 17 years in the Philippines. After their marriage, ...
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John MacArthur

American minister

(1939 - 2025)

John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author...
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Andrew Fuller

Minister

(1754 - 1815)

Fuller was born in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, where in 1775 he was ordained pastor of the Baptist church....
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