Arthur Tappan Pierson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Evangelical pastor and author
Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1837
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jun-1911
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Arthur Tappan Pierson
- Arthur Tappan Pierson (March 6, 1837 – June 3, 1911) was an American Baptist pastor, Christian leader, missionary and writer who preached over 13,000 sermons, wrote over fifty books, and gave Bible lectures as part of a transatlantic preaching ministry that made him famous in Scotland, England, and Korea.
- He was a consulting editor for the original "Scofield Reference Bible" (1909) for his friend, C.
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- Scofield and was also a friend of D.
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- Moody, George Müller (whose biography 'George Muller of Bristol' he wrote), Adoniram Judson Gordon, and C.
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- Spurgeon, whom he succeeded in the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, from 1891 to 1893.
- Throughout his career, Pierson filled several pulpit positions around the world as an urban pastor who cared passionately for the poor. Pierson was also a pioneer advocate of faith missions who was determined to see the world evangelized in his generation.
- Prior to 1870, there had been only about 2000 missionaries from the United States in full-time service, roughly ten percent of whom had engaged in work among Native Americans.
- A great movement of foreign missions began in the 1880s and accelerated into the 20th century, in some measure due to the work of Pierson.
- He acted as the elder statesman of the student missionary movement and was the leading evangelical advocate of foreign missions in the late 19th century.
- After retiring, he visited Korea in 1910.
- His visiting established the Pierson Memorial Union Bible Institute (today Pyeongtaek University) in 1912.
- Delavan Leonard Pierson was his first son.
- He was buried in his grave in Green-Wood Cemetery.
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