October 2026

Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, a German missionary in northern Sumatra, translated the Bible into Batak and helped shape the HKBP, now one of Indonesia’s largest Protestant churches.

Lilias Trotter left a promising path as an artist to serve in Algeria, where she founded the Algiers Mission Band and left behind devotional books, journals and watercolours.

Toyohiko Kagawa left a settled path to live in a Kobe slum, then became one of Japan’s most influential Christian writers, evangelists and advocates for workers, farmers and cooperatives.

Pandita Ramabai was a Sanskrit scholar who became a Christian and built schools and shelters for widows and girls in India, most notably the Mukti Mission.