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Dr Robert Kalley, “The Wolf from Scotland” (Part 1)

Of his latest article about Scottish missionaries, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “This week we travel from Africa and Asia to Portugal, and to Dr Robert Kalley. This amazing Scottish medical missionary had a significant impact in Portugal, until he was driven out, and then in Brazil.“ Dr Robert Reid Kalley (1809-1888) http://www.robertreidkalley.xpg.com.br/, Public domain, via…

This Day in HIS-story: March 8

1780 HT: Christian History Institute In spite of stiff opposition from his congregation at Trinity Church, Cambridge, Charles Simeon preached an evangelical gospel. His zeal caused unsympathetic trustees to lock him out of his own church building a few times but also produced a crop of evangelical graduates at nearby Cambridge University, men who became notable churchmen,…

Edinburgh Bible College News

The Board of Edinburgh Bible College are pleased to announce the appointment of Ramone McKenzie to succeed the current principal John Brand as he stands down in 2026.  For the past two years the College has been prayerfully seeking a replacement for John, who has served as Principal unstintingly since the College was founded in 2012. Ramone…

This Day in HIS-story: March 6

  1837 HT: Dan Graves In 1639, a non-conformist preacher named Abraham Pierson landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. One hundred and ninety eight years later, on this day, March 6, 1837, one of Abraham’s most illustrious descendants, Arthur T. Pierson, was born in New York City. He was the ninth of ten children. Like his forefather Abraham,…