John Paton | search
Click here to view John Paton news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- John Gibson Paton - WikipediaJohn Gibson Paton (24 May 1824 – 28 January 1907), born in Scotland, was a Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. [1] He brought to the natives of the New Hebrides education and Christianity.
- John G. Paton: The Missionary to the CannibalsJohn G. Paton (1824-1907) was a Scottish Christian missionary for 49 years to the former cannibals in the South Sea Islands. He was alone on an island for four years with the hostile natives and his life hung in the delicate balance of constant danger.
- Who Was John G. Paton? - Ligonier MinistriesAmong his many skills, John Paton was a gifted storyteller: reflective, generously emotive, rich in theology, and full of missional conviction. Paton resolved to become a missionary shortly after his conversion at age twelve and devoted himself to the study of Latin and Greek.
- Heroes of the Faith: John G. Paton - Christians for Social ActionJohn Gibson Paton was born in 1824 near Dumfries, Scotland, to a humble, God-fearing family of the Reformed Presbyterian tradition. As the eldest of 11 children, he was forced to leave school at age 12 to work alongside his father in the family trade of stocking-making, but he pursued serious religious studies whenever time and money permitted.
- Heroes of the Faith: John Paton | Christian Learning & NewsJohn Paton was born in 1824 in Scotland, the eldest of eleven children in a poor but devout Christian family. When he was twelve, he had come to a personal faith and committed himself to being a missionary.
More
