Archibald Gordon (born 1882; died 1967) was a Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913W. G. Carder, ''Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One'', Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.11.

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

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Early life and studies

Archibald Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1882 and went to Canada in 1907. He enrolled for graduate studies at the

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, Brandon where he took a B.A. and a

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in 1913. He later upgraded his academics by studying for a B.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1947.

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 of the

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, 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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Archibald 20th-century Canadian Baptist ministers Baptist writers Brandon University alumni University of Toronto alumni Christian clergy from Andhra Pradesh Indian Christian theologians Indian Baptists Canadian Baptist Ministries missionaries in India Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University) Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars pastors 1882 births 1967 deaths