Archibald Gordon (missionary)

The Reverend
Archibald Gordon
CBM
Born Archibald Gordon
1882[1]
Aberdeen,[1] Scotland
Died 1967[1]
(Canada)
Nationality Canadian
Citizenship Canadian
Education B.A., B.Th., B.D.[1]
Alma mater Brandon University, Brandon, Toronto University, Toronto[1]
Occupation Ecclesiastical Administrator and Pastor
Years active 1913[2]-1953 in India
Religion Christianity
Church Canadian Baptist Ministries
Writings 1969,[3] The opal sky of India: An autobiography[4]
Congregations served
First Baptist Church Calgary (Canada)[1]
Offices held
Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), (1945-1952)[5]
Title The Reverend

Archibald Gordon (born 1882; died 1967) was a Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913[2]-1953 through the Canadian Baptist Ministries.[6]

Early life and studies

Archibald Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1882 and went to Canada in 1907.[1] He enrolled for graduate studies at the Brandon University, Brandon where he took a B.A. and a B.Th. in 1913.[1] Archibald later upgraded his academics by studying for a B.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1947.[1]

Ecclesiastical career

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[1] 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

In 1956, the McMaster University honoured Archibald Gordon with a Doctor of Divinity degree by honoris causa.[1]

Academic offices
Preceded by
Rev. Gordon P. Barss
1939-1945
Principal,
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Kakinada (India)

1945-1952[5]
Succeeded by
Rev. Chetty Bhanumurthy
1952-1955

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Archives Society of Alberta
  2. 1 2 W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.11.
  3. Published posthumously.
  4. Archibald Gordon, The opal sky of India: An autobiography, Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board, Toronto, 1969.
  5. 1 2 C. L. Johnson (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.
  6. Jarold Knox Zeman, Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, Ontario, 1988, p.156.
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