Archibald Gordon | |
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Born | Archibald Gordon 1882 [3] |
Died | 1967 (aged 84–85)
[3] Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | B.A., B.Th., B.D. [3] |
Alma mater | Brandon University, Toronto University [3] |
Occupation(s) | Ecclesiastical administrator and pastor |
Years active | 1913 [5]-1953 in India |
Religion | Christianity |
Church | Canadian Baptist Ministries |
Writings | 1969, [1] The opal sky of India: An autobiography [2] |
Congregations served | First Baptist Church Calgary (Canada) [3] |
Offices held | Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), (1945-1952) [4] |
Title | The Reverend |
Archibald Gordon (born 1882; died 1967) was a Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913 [5]-1953 with Canadian Baptist Ministries. [6]
Archibald Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1882 and went to Canada in 1907. [3] He enrolled for graduate studies at the Brandon University, Brandon where he took a B.A. and a B.Th. in 1913. [3] He later upgraded his academics by studying for a B.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1947. [3]
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 [3] 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.
In 1956, the McMaster University honoured Gordon with a Doctor of Divinity ( honoris causa). [3]