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Robert Pierce
American Baptist minister and charity founder (1914–1978)
For other people named Robert Pierce, see Robert Pierce (disambiguation).
Robert Pierce (1914–1978) 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.
Early life and education
Pierce was born on October 8, 1914, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.[1] He moved with his family to southern California in the mid-1920s.
Bob pierce daughterHe 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.[2]
Ministry
During several visits in the late 1940s until the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War in 1950, Robert Pierce worked with