Mordecai Fowler Ham Jr. (April 2, 1877 – November 1, 1961), was an American Independent Baptistevangelist, a Christian fundamentalist and temperance movement leader. He entered the ministry in 1901 and in 1936 began his long radio evangelistic career. He evangelized until shortly before his death in 1961. Ham was the son of Tobias and Ollie (née McElroy). He was born on a farm in Allen County, Kentucky near Scottsville, Kentucky. The primary target of his sermons was the drinking of alcohol, which he disdained.[1]
The well-known American evangelist Billy Graham describes his conversion as happening when attending a meeting of Mordecai Ham, especially noting his usage of Romans 5:8 in the King James version.[3]
