This Week - 1888
Samuel Zwemer
On March 11, 1888, Samuel Zwemer (1867-1952), later known as the “Apostle to Islam,” preached his first public sermon to an African-American congregation in Holland, Michigan.
After being ordained to the Reformed Church, he was a missionary at Busrah, Bahrain, and at other locations in Arabia from 1891 to 1905. He was a member of the Arabian Mission (1890–1913). He is the founder of the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain.
Zwemer served in Egypt from 1913 to 1929. He also traveled widely in Asia Minor (Turkey) and he was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of London. On 1 October 1930, he was appointed at the Princeton Theological Seminary as the Professor of the History of Religion and Christian Missions, where he taught until 1937. He had married Amy Elizabeth Wilkes on May 18, 1896. He was famously turned down by the American Missionary Society, which resulted in him going overseas alone. He founded and edited the publication The Moslem World for 35 years. He was influential in mobilizing many Christians, especially doctors, nurses, preachers, and teachers, to go into missionary work in Islamic countries.
Prayer points:
1. Pray for Muslim people throughout the Arabian world (Persian Gulf) to hear and receive the Gospel (Injil) of Jesus (Isa).
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Marinus_Zwemer
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