History
Yisu Das Tiwari was born Badri Prasad Tiwari into a Vaishnavite family in Agra in 1911 to Smt. Rajkunwar and Pandit Hari Govind Tiwari. As a growing youth, Tiwari was influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj and Swami Rama Tirtha.
It was during his college days, that he came under the influence of Canon Holland, E. Stanley Jones, C. F. Andrews and others. After a reading of the Gospel according to Saint John, he took keen interest in the studies of the Bible and devotional writings of Christian mystics. Jesus Christ became his Ishta deva. However, his newfound faith did not go well with his family members who sent him for internment to a mental asylum.
Tiwari however became a Christian and chose to be baptised in January 1935 under the aegis of the Baptist Missionary Society.
He later joined the History-Maker Gandhiji's Ashram in Wardha and began to follow Gandhiji's teachings. He swore to uphold Satya and began to wear khadi clothes.
Simultaneously, Tiwari began growing in his new-found faith in Lord Jesus Christ and chose to become a Priest. He was ordained by the Baptist Missionary Society.
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