Robert Pierce
American Baptist minister and charity founder (1914–1978)
Robert Pierce (October 8, 1914 – September 6, 1978) was an American Baptist minister and relief worker. He is best known as the founder of the international charity organizations World Vision International in 1950 and Samaritan's Purse in 1970.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Pierce (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Oct 8, 1914, died Sep 6, 1978.1
Companies
- World Vision InternationalFounder12
- World Vision United StatesFounder13
Early life and education
Pierce was born on October 8, 1914, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He moved with his family to southern California in the mid-1920s. He attended Pasadena Nazarene College and studied for the ministry. From 1937 to 1940 he spent time traveling across California working as an evangelist. In 1940 he was ordained a Baptist minister and soon thereafter he became involved with the Los Angeles branch of the WWII-era Youth for Christ (YFC) movement.
From Wikipedia’s article on Robert Pierce (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: parson, cinematographer, missionary, director.8
- Date not recordedFounded World Vision Canada3
- Date not recordedFounded World Vision United States4
- Date not recordedFounded World Vision International5
- Date not recordedFounded Samaritan's Purse6
- Date not recordedFounded World Vision India7
Personal life
Links
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataRobert Pierce on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaRobert Pierce on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13