Darrell Champlin

Darrell Champlin

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Darrell Champlin (1932–2015). Born in 1932 in Utah, Darrell Champlin was an American missionary and evangelist whose 61-year ministry spanned the Congo, Suriname, and the United States. Raised in a Christian family, he married Louise Grings in 1951 at age 19 while attending a Christian Bible college in California. In 1954, with their infant son David, they arrived in the Belgian Congo, living in a mud-and-stick house in the jungle for a decade, where they established 13 churches and seven Christian schools, training 36 national preachers. Their children Jonathan and Deborah were born there. Forced to leave in 1964 due to civil war, they relocated to Suriname, ministering to Aukaner communities along the Cottica, Marowijne, and Tapanhony rivers for 51 years. Champlin learned the Aukaner language, started schools, ran a medical ministry, and trained national pastors, with his work enduring a 1986–1992 civil war. He served as president of Independent Faith Mission and taught missions at Fairhaven Baptist College, Northland Bible College, and Bob Jones University. His sermons, available on SermonIndex.net, emphasized gospel urgency. Champlin authored no major books but inspired works like Venturing with God in Congo (2011). He died on August 26, 2015, in Suriname, survived by Louise, four children—David, Jonathan, Deborah, and Ethan—and numerous grandchildren. He said, “The Gospel must be preached where no foreigner has gone.”
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