Jim Elliot | |
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Born | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | October 8, 1927
Died | January 8, 1956 Curaray River, Ecuador | (aged 28)
Education | Benson Polytechnic H.S. (1941–45) Wheaton College (1945–49) |
Spouse | Elisabeth Elliot |
Children | Valerie Elliot |
Parent(s) | Fred Elliot Clara Elliot |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity |
Church | Plymouth Brethren[1] |
Philip James Elliot (October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956) was an American Christian missionary and one of five people killed during Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador.