Jessie Rosser ''(born 1921;died 2013)'' was a

Missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

of the

Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) or ''Ministères Baptistes Canadiens'' is a federation of four regional Baptist denominations in Canada. The federation is a member of the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarter is in Mississauga, Ontario. Hist ...

who served in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

for over 40 years and was Principal of the

Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women was founded in 1922 by the Canadian Baptist Mission (CBM). The school is in Tuni in Andhra Pradesh, India. Background Missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission were involved in sprea ...

Tuni Tuni is a city in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a second biggest city in kakinada district. It is a major commercial marketing center for more than 100 surrounding villages in the district. Tuni is a border p ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. Jessie worked as a school teacher at

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for some time and then studied social sciencesMcMaster University 1947. Mocavo.com
/ref> at the McMaster University from where she graduated in 1947 with a B.A. and decided to serve the cause of people in difficult circumstances overseas. She came to India in 1947''Directory of Churches, Alphabetic by City, Church'', Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1992, p.D-26.

/ref> and served as a

Kakinada Kakinada (List of renamed places in India, formerly called Kakinandiwada, Coringa, and Cocanada; ) is the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population, sixth largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra P ...

, Vuyyuru, and

. In 1987, the

recognised the services of Jessie Rosser as a missionary to India by then General Secretary of the

, Robert C. Berry who presented Jessie with a pin acknowledging her 40-year service. When Jessie Rosser came to India during 1947/1948, the members of the Centre Street Baptist Church in

formed a Jessie Rosser Mission Circle in honour of her. In 2009,Hazel Broughton, ''Jesse Rosser Mission Circle welcomes in the new year '', St. Thomas Times Journal, 2009.

/ref> the circle members comprising 10 ladies visited

to see the places where Jessie Rosser served, especially the

References

;Notes ;Further reading * 2013 deaths 1921 births Canadian Indologists People from St. Thomas, Ontario McMaster University alumni Canadian Baptist Ministries missionaries in India Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Canadian Baptist Ministries 20th-century Baptists {{Canada-Christian-clergy-stub