Frank Houghton (1894–1972) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

missionary bishop and author. Houghton was born in

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and educated at London University and ordained in 1917. He held curacies at St Benedict, Everton and All Saints,

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before heading to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

as a missionary with the

China Inland Mission OMF International (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship and before 1964 the China Inland Mission) is an international and interdenominational Evangelical Christian missionary society with an international centre in Singapore. It was founded i ...

in 1920. In 1923 he married Dorothy Cassels the daughter of William Cassels, who had been a member of the

Cambridge Seven The Cambridge Seven were six students from Cambridge University and one from the Royal Military Academy, who in 1885, decided to become missionaries to China through the China Inland Mission. The seven were: * Charles Thomas Studd * Montagu H ...

and became a bishop in China. Houghton was general director of the China Inland Mission at the time when the Mission had to leave China in 1951. He was Bishop of Eastern Szechwan from 1937 to 1940. Returning to England he held incumbencies at St Marks, New Milverton, Leamington and St Peter's, Drayton, Banbury. He retired in 1963 and died on 25 January 1972.

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Houghton's books include “The Two Hundred”, 1932; “China Calling”, 1936; “If We Believe” 1952; “Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur”, 1953; “The Fire Burns On”, 1964; and “Living Your Life”, 1966. He also wrote the hymns "Facing a task unfinished", "My Lord, who in the desert fed", "O Thou who dost direct my feet" and "Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour".Frank Houghton: Texts
at Hymnary.org

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Alumni of the University of London Anglican missionaries in Sichuan Anglican missionary bishops in China 1894 births 1972 deaths People from Stafford 20th-century Anglican bishops in China Diocese of Szechwan Anglican bishops of East Szechwan {{Anglican-bishop-stub Evangelical Anglican bishops

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