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Lemuel Nelson Bell (July 30, 1894 – August 2, 1973) [1] was a medical missionary in China and the father-in-law of famous evangelist Billy Graham. Few people had more influence on Billy Graham than Bell.
Jun 16, 2020 · Dr. Nelson Bell and his wife Virginia braved the unknown as they faithfully served God in China. While Dr. Bell recognized the great need of the medical concerns of the Chinese who came to the hospital, he knew their souls were of greater significance.
Nelson Bell helped to fill the gap and was as busily at work as in China. And as in China, he was known for his Christian testimony and respected for his surgical skills; patients traveled...
Apr 18, 2018 · Presents the life of Dr. Nelson Bell, a missionary in China "Expanded second edition"--Preface From generation to generation, 1894-1920 -- Lover of the Chinese people, 1921-1927 -- The wall of fire, 1928-1941 -- The new field, 1941-1973 -- Return to China
Lemuel Nelson Bell, doctor and Presbyterian layman, the youngest child of James H. and Ruth McCue Bell, both of Scot-Irish descent, was born in the house of the superintendent of the Longdale Mining Company above Clifton Forge, Va.
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Mar 1, 2024 · L. Nelson Bell (1894-1973) was the father of the late Ruth Bell Graham. This article was adapted from While Men Slept: A Concerned Layman’s View of the Church Today (Doubleday 1970), with permission of East Gates International, EastGates.org. A destructive critical view of the Bible has become widespread, even among Christian leaders.
Jul 30, 2015 · Best known as the father-in-law of Billy Graham, Nelson Bell was a significant figure in his own right: missionary surgeon to China, founder of two magazines, and leader for southern Presbyterian conservatives and American evangelicals.
Jan 14, 2008 · Twenty-two-year-old Lemuel Nelson Bell and his bride of six months, Virginia, first set foot in China December 1916. Bell had graduated from medical college only six months earlier but felt led to respond to a request for another missionary doctor at the Love and Mercy Hospital.
Jesus explained the nature of his ministry in the clearest terms, but then as now, the world misunderstood because of spiritual blindness. In his home town of Nazareth, Jesus began his public...
