Helen Roseveare (1925-2016)

Helen Roseveare was an English Christian missionary, doctor and author who went to the Congo in 1953 with the Worldwide Evangelization Mission. She built a hospital/training centre in Ibambi in the early 1950’s. She then relocated to Nebobongo to build another hospital whilst living in an old leprosy camp. She returned to the UK in 1958 after disagreements with staff members.

Helen returned to the Congo i 1960. She survived in 1964, over five months, beatings and rapes in the Congo and returned home. The villagers, who she had previously helped, intervened on her behalf.

She then, unbelievably, went back to the Congo in 1966 and stayed until 1973 to help rebuild the hospitals destroyed in the conflict

Her life then took on a different dimension. On her return from Africa she became widely sought after as a speaker on both sides of the Atlantic. On her 1975-6 tour of North America she addressed 400 meetings in 9 months. She spoke with passion of her love for Christ.

Helen has also published 11 books (see list of publications below.)
Helen died on December 7th 2016, aged 91, in Northern Ireland.

Helen is widely recognised as one of the most courageous and influential women of the 20th century.

Sources used Evangelicals Now, wikipedia and Ambassadors for Christ -John Woodbridge general editor