Ed McCully
| Theophilus Edward "Ed" McCully | |
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| Born | June 1, 1927 Iowa |
| Died | January 8, 1956 (aged 28) Curaray River, Ecuador |
| Cause of death | Murder by spearing |
| Resting place | Ecuador |
| Residence | Oriente, EC |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Wheaton College (1945–49) Marquette University Law School (1949–50) School of Missionary Medicine (1951–52) |
| Occupation | Missionary |
| Known for | Operation Auca |
| Spouse(s) | Marilou McCully |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | T. Edward McCully, Sr., Lois Green McCully |
Theophilus "Ed" McCully (1927 – Jan. 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four other missionaries, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Auca people, through efforts known as Operation Auca.
McCully was the second oldest of three children. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father was a bakery executive. The family attended a Plymouth Brethren assembly called at that time the "Good News Chapel," but is now called "Wauwatosa Bible Chapel". McCully's father was also a church elder, who preached from the pulpit.
In the fall of 1945, McCully enrolled in Wheaton College where he majored in business and economics. It was also at Wheaton where he met and became good friends with Jim Elliot.
In college, McCully was an exceptional student. At 6'2" and 190 lbs., he proved to be very athletic and was on both the football and track teams. He also distinguished himself as a gifted orator, and became very popular among his classmates. His self-authored speech about U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton won McCully the 1949 National Hearst Oratorical Contest in San Francisco, a contest in which over 10,000 students had entered. That same year, McCully was unanimously elected senior class president.
After graduating from Wheaton in 1949, McCully entered Marquette University Law School intent on becoming a lawyer. Just before his second year there, he took a job as a hotel night clerk. Originally intending to spend the long hours studying classwork, he instead began reading more of the Bible. The biblical narrative of Nehemiah as well as his correspondence with Jim Elliot, who was making preparations to leave for Ecuador at the time, inspired McCully to consider missionary work. Finally, on September 22, 1950, the day before he was to register for his second year of school, he announced he would not be returning.
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