Archibald Gordon (missionary)
Archibald Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Archibald Gordon 1882[3] |
| Died | 1967 (aged 84–85)[3] Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | B.A., B.Th., B.D.[3] |
| Alma mater | Brandon University, Toronto University[3] |
| Occupation(s) | Ecclesiastical administrator and pastor |
| Years active | 1913[5]-1953 in India |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Canadian Baptist Ministries |
| Writings | 1969,[1] The opal sky of India: An autobiography[2] |
Congregations served | First Baptist Church Calgary (Canada)[3] |
Offices held | Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), (1945-1952)[4] |
| Title | The Reverend |
Archibald Gordon (born 1882; died 1967) was a Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913[5]-1953 with Canadian Baptist Ministries.[6]
Early life and studies[edit]
Archibald Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1882 and went to Canada in 1907.[3] He enrolled for graduate studies at the Brandon University, Brandon where he took a B.A. and a B.Th. in 1913.[3] He later upgraded his academics by studying for a B.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1947.[3]
Ecclesiastical career[edit]
Gordon served as a Baptist missionary in India in Andhra Pradesh from 1913 to 1953. During the last decade of his presence in India, he became principal[3] of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada during the period 1945-1952 following which the seminary council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed Chetti Bhanumurthy as the first Indian principal of the seminary.
Honours[edit]
In 1956, the McMaster University honoured Gordon with a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Published posthumously.
- ^ Archibald Gordon, The opal sky of India: An autobiography, Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board, Toronto, 1969.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Archives Society of Alberta
- ^ a b C. L. Johnson (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 years Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.[2]
- ^ a b W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.11. [3]
- ^ Jarold Knox Zeman, Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, Ontario, 1988, p.156. [4]
- 20th-century Canadian Baptist ministers
- Baptist writers
- Brandon University alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Christian clergy from Andhra Pradesh
- Indian Christian theologians
- Indian Baptists
- Canadian Baptist Ministries missionaries in India
- Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars pastors
- 1882 births
- 1967 deaths