Archibald Gordon (missionary)

Archibald Gordon
The Reverend; Archibald Gordon
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 Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913[2]-1953 with 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] He 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 Gordon with a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa).[1]

Academic offices
Preceded by Gordon P. Barss 1939-1945	Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India) 1945-1952[5]	Succeeded by Chetty Bhanumurthy 1952-1955

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References

Archives Society of Alberta
W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.11.
Published posthumously.
Archibald Gordon, The opal sky of India: An autobiography, Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board, Toronto, 1969.
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.
Jarold Knox Zeman, Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, Ontario, 1988, p.156.

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[Archives-1] Archives Society of Alberta

[Plow-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.

[Souvenir-5] 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.

[6] Jarold Knox Zeman, Costly vision: the Baptist pilgrimage in Canada, Welch Publishing Company, Ontario, 1988, p.156.