Charles studd biography
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C. T. Studd — Biographies and Information
| Charles Thomas (C.T.) Studd (1860-1931) was an English missionär who faithfully served his Saviour in China, India, and Africa. His motto was: "If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him." |
Marriage and Family:
Priscilla Stewart Studd (1864-1929) was born Priscilla Livingstone Stewart in Lisburn, near Belfast, Ireland, August 28, 1864. She met C. T. in China where she had gone as a missionary. They were married April 7, 1888 and had kvartet daughters (Grace, Dorothy, Edith, Pauline). Two sons died in infancy. They spent most of the last 16 years of their married life apart with C. T. in Africa and she in England overseeing the newly formed mission (Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade). She died in 1929. Shown in a 1921 photograph.
George B. Studd: The personal testimony of G. B. Studd given at Shanghai, China in May, 1887, before traveling with his brother, C. T.
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Charles Thomas (C.T.) Studd
by Stephen Ross
Forward Ever, Backward Never!
"Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell;
inom want to run a Rescue Shop within a yard of hell."—C. T. Studd
Charles T. Studd was a servant of Christ who faithfully served His Saviour in China, India, and Africa. As Alfred Buxton in the forward to the book intitled C.T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer by Norman Grubb states:
"C. T.'s life stands as some rugged Gibraltar—a sign to all succeeding generations that it is worth while to lose all this world can offer and stake everything on the world to come. His life will be an eternal rebuke to easygoing Christianity. He has demonstrated what it means to follow Christ without counting the cost and without looking back.
C. T. was essentially a cavalry leader, and in that capacity he led several splendid charges. Three in particular stand out: when C. T. and Stanley Smith led forth the Cambridge Seven to China, in 1885; ten year
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Studd, Charles Thomas
Alternate Names: C.T. Studd
1860-1931
World Evangelization Crusade (WEC)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Charles Thomas Studd was the founder of Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC). Studd was the youngest of three sons born to Edward Studd, a wealthy retired jute and indigo planter in Wiltshire, England. Considered England’s most outstanding cricket player, Studd, together with six other remarkable Cambridge students (the Cambridge Seven), dedicated his life to foreign missionary service. His decision caused a sensation in the public press and lit the flame for the Student Volunteer Movement (SVM). He gave away his substantial inheritance and sailed to China under the China Inland Mission (CIM) in 1885, endorsing wholeheartedly the CIM’s radical incarnational principles in the context of extreme adversity. In China he married Priscilla Steward, a young Irish missionary, and together they had four daughters.
Forced home in 1894 by poor health, S