IPHC Arise 2033 Goals
Pray for IPHC congregations in 75% of the 3,142 U.S. counties, 200 traditional congregations that are focused on new immigrant populations, house churches in major U.S. cities, an IPHC presence in 150 nations, and 5,000 new IPHC congregations outside of the U.S.
John Geddie was a Scots-Canadian missionary who was known as "the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas." He pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, now known as Vanuatu.
He died on December 14, 1872. A tablet was placed behind the pulpit of the church in the village where he had preached. On it was written the following inscription:
"In memory of John Geddie, D.D., born in Scotland, 1815, minister in Prince Edward Island seven years, Missionary sent from Nova Scotia to Aneiteum for twenty-four years.
When he landed in 1848, there were no Christians here, and when he left in 1872 there were no heathen."