Steve Metcalf 1927 – 2014
Steve Metcalf, OMF International missionary to Japan for 38 years and a pastor of the
Japanese Christian Fellowship, London,
died on June 7, aged 86.
As a teenager Steve was interned by the
Japanese,
following
their occupation of
north China, during
the Second World
War. In his first
internment camp Steve
made a personal commitment to Christ. In
a
second camp at Weifang, Shandong
Province, Steve met
the Olympic gold-medallist, Eric Liddell, who had a profound
influence on his life.