| Archibald Gordon | |
| Birth Name: | Archibald Gordon |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Education: | B.A., B.Th., B.D. |
| Alma Mater: | Brandon University, Toronto University |
| Occupation: | Ecclesiastical administrator and pastor |
| Years Active: | 1913-1953 in India |
| Religion: | Christianity |
| Church: | Canadian Baptist Ministries |
| Writings: | 1969,[2] The opal sky of India: An autobiography[3] |
| Congregations: | First Baptist Church Calgary (Canada) |
| Offices Held: | Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), |
| The Reverend | |
Archibald Gordon (born 1882; died 1967) was a Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India during 1913[4] -1953 with Canadian Baptist Ministries.[5]
Archibald Gordon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1882 and went to Canada in 1907.[1] He enrolled for graduate studies at the Brandon University, Brandon where he took a B.A. and a B.Th. in 1913.[1] He later upgraded his academics by studying for a B.D. degree at the University of Toronto in 1947.[1]
Gordon served as a Baptist missionary in India in Andhra Pradesh from 1913 to 1953. During the last decade of his presence in India, he became principal[1] of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada during the period 1945-1952 following which the seminary council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed Chetti Bhanumurthy as the first Indian principal of the seminary.
In 1956, the McMaster University honoured Gordon with a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa).[1]