Please change to "Co-founder of The Oriental Missionary Society; his wife, Lettie Byrd Cowman, wrote Streams in the Desert".
Charles Elmer Cowman was a missionary evangelist in Japan and one of the cofounders of The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society; formerly OMS International).
He began working in a telegraph office at age 15, and he continued a successful career in that field for more than 15 years. On June 8, 1889, he married his childhood friend and love of his life, Lettie Burd. After several years of marriage, Lettie became a Christian and soon after, Charles recommitted his life to God. As a result, he formed the Telegraphers' Mission Band in Chicago with coworkers at the telegraph office who had become Christians because of his influence. One of those coworkers was Ernest A. Kilbourne, who would later join the Cowmans in Japan and become a cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. In the late 1890s, Charles and Lettie met Juji Nakada at their church in Chicago. He had come from Japan to study at Moody Bible Institute. He would later become the fourth cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. When Nakada returned to Japan, The Telegraphers' Mission Band began supporting him in his ministry.
Charles and Lettie continued to grow in their faith, and eventually, Charles wrote inside his Bible, "Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10:30 a.m." They prepared for several months, and on February 1, 1901, they sailed from San Francisco for Tokyo. Thus began nearly 24 years of dedicated service to the Lord. Charles worked tireless, always pushing forward in ministry, until his health began to fail in 1918. He and Lettie returned to California for the final time and lived there together, continuing to oversee the ministry happening in Japan, and then also Korea.
For the next six years, he suffered several heart attacks and lived with great physical pain, but he always stayed positive as he continued to work and pray. Just after midnight on September 25, 1924, Charles died.
Lettie Cowman wrote the story of Charles' life in Missionary Warrior: Charles E. Cowman, and she is the author of the beloved best-selling devotional Streams in the Desert.
Contributor: Lori (50401156)
Charles Elmer Cowman was a missionary evangelist in Japan and one of the cofounders of The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society; formerly OMS International).
He began working in a telegraph office at age 15, and he continued a successful career in that field for more than 15 years. On June 8, 1889, he married his childhood friend and love of his life, Lettie Burd. After several years of marriage, Lettie became a Christian and soon after, Charles recommitted his life to God. As a result, he formed the Telegraphers' Mission Band in Chicago with coworkers at the telegraph office who had become Christians because of his influence. One of those coworkers was Ernest A. Kilbourne, who would later join the Cowmans in Japan and become a cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. In the late 1890s, Charles and Lettie met Juji Nakada at their church in Chicago. He had come from Japan to study at Moody Bible Institute. He would later become the fourth cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. When Nakada returned to Japan, The Telegraphers' Mission Band began supporting him in his ministry.
Charles and Lettie continued to grow in their faith, and eventually, Charles wrote inside his Bible, "Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10:30 a.m." They prepared for several months, and on February 1, 1901, they sailed from San Francisco for Tokyo. Thus began nearly 24 years of dedicated service to the Lord. Charles worked tireless, always pushing forward in ministry, until his health began to fail in 1918. He and Lettie returned to California for the final time and lived there together, continuing to oversee the ministry happening in Japan, and then also Korea.
For the next six years, he suffered several heart attacks and lived with great physical pain, but he always stayed positive as he continued to work and pray. Just after midnight on September 25, 1924, Charles died.
Lettie Cowman wrote the story of Charles' life in Missionary Warrior: Charles E. Cowman, and she is the author of the beloved best-selling devotional Streams in the Desert.
Contributor: Lori (50401156)
Please change to "Co-founder of The Oriental Missionary Society; his wife, Lettie Byrd Cowman, wrote Streams in the Desert".
Charles Elmer Cowman was a missionary evangelist in Japan and one of the cofounders of The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society; formerly OMS International).
He began working in a telegraph office at age 15, and he continued a successful career in that field for more than 15 years. On June 8, 1889, he married his childhood friend and love of his life, Lettie Burd. After several years of marriage, Lettie became a Christian and soon after, Charles recommitted his life to God. As a result, he formed the Telegraphers' Mission Band in Chicago with coworkers at the telegraph office who had become Christians because of his influence. One of those coworkers was Ernest A. Kilbourne, who would later join the Cowmans in Japan and become a cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. In the late 1890s, Charles and Lettie met Juji Nakada at their church in Chicago. He had come from Japan to study at Moody Bible Institute. He would later become the fourth cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. When Nakada returned to Japan, The Telegraphers' Mission Band began supporting him in his ministry.
Charles and Lettie continued to grow in their faith, and eventually, Charles wrote inside his Bible, "Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10:30 a.m." They prepared for several months, and on February 1, 1901, they sailed from San Francisco for Tokyo. Thus began nearly 24 years of dedicated service to the Lord. Charles worked tireless, always pushing forward in ministry, until his health began to fail in 1918. He and Lettie returned to California for the final time and lived there together, continuing to oversee the ministry happening in Japan, and then also Korea.
For the next six years, he suffered several heart attacks and lived with great physical pain, but he always stayed positive as he continued to work and pray. Just after midnight on September 25, 1924, Charles died.
Lettie Cowman wrote the story of Charles' life in Missionary Warrior: Charles E. Cowman, and she is the author of the beloved best-selling devotional Streams in the Desert.
Contributor: Lori (50401156)
Charles Elmer Cowman was a missionary evangelist in Japan and one of the cofounders of The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society; formerly OMS International).
He began working in a telegraph office at age 15, and he continued a successful career in that field for more than 15 years. On June 8, 1889, he married his childhood friend and love of his life, Lettie Burd. After several years of marriage, Lettie became a Christian and soon after, Charles recommitted his life to God. As a result, he formed the Telegraphers' Mission Band in Chicago with coworkers at the telegraph office who had become Christians because of his influence. One of those coworkers was Ernest A. Kilbourne, who would later join the Cowmans in Japan and become a cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. In the late 1890s, Charles and Lettie met Juji Nakada at their church in Chicago. He had come from Japan to study at Moody Bible Institute. He would later become the fourth cofounder of The Oriental Missionary Society. When Nakada returned to Japan, The Telegraphers' Mission Band began supporting him in his ministry.
Charles and Lettie continued to grow in their faith, and eventually, Charles wrote inside his Bible, "Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10:30 a.m." They prepared for several months, and on February 1, 1901, they sailed from San Francisco for Tokyo. Thus began nearly 24 years of dedicated service to the Lord. Charles worked tireless, always pushing forward in ministry, until his health began to fail in 1918. He and Lettie returned to California for the final time and lived there together, continuing to oversee the ministry happening in Japan, and then also Korea.
For the next six years, he suffered several heart attacks and lived with great physical pain, but he always stayed positive as he continued to work and pray. Just after midnight on September 25, 1924, Charles died.
Lettie Cowman wrote the story of Charles' life in Missionary Warrior: Charles E. Cowman, and she is the author of the beloved best-selling devotional Streams in the Desert.
Contributor: Lori (50401156)
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