Affectionately called Christs Faithful Apostle by his friend, the Mahatma Gandhi, Charles Freer Andrews dedicated his lifes work to relief and justice for the oppressed and poor in India and around the globe.

Born in Birmingham, England in 1871, he converted to the Church of England while studying at Cambridge and was ordained a priest in 1897. An active member of the Christian Social Union since his college days, Andrews was inspired by the cause of social justice throughout the British Empire, particularly in India. In 1904 he joined the Cambridge Brotherhood in India and began to teach philosophy at St. Stephens College, Delhi. His Indian students and colleagues, with whom he had grown close, referred to him as Deenabandhu, or Friend of the Poor.