Jim elliott biography

American Christian missionary

For other uses, see Jim Elliot (disambiguation).

Philip James Elliot (October 8, – January 8, ) was an American Christianmissionary and one of five people killed during Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador.

Jim elliott biography

Early life

Elliot was born in Portland, Oregon, to Fred and Clara Elliot. Fred was of Scottish heritage; his grandparents were the first of his family to settle in North America. Clara's parents moved near the turn of the 20th century from Switzerland to eastern Washington, where they operated a large ranch.

They met in Portland, where Clara was studying to be a chiropractor and Fred, having devoted himself to Christian ministry, was working as a traveling preacher with the Plymouth Brethren movement.^[2] Robert, their first child, was born in while they were living in Seattle, and he was followed by Herbert, Jim, and Jane, all three of whom were born after the family moved to Portlan