John George Govan

[3] They lived at a villa "Southpark" in Hillhead and his father owned and ran a company William Govan & Sons.

With the goal of leading a life wholly devoted to God, he then set about removing all personal and worldly ambition from his psyche.

To this end he founded The Faith Mission, a Protestant evangelistic Christian organization initially based in Rothesay, Scotland.

Married to Annie Martin in 1894, they had four children: sons Frank and Ellis, and daughters Isobel (who wrote the book, Spirit of Revival, about his life and work) and Sheena.

In 1889 his younger brother Horace Govan (1866-1932) began editing The Faith Mission's newspaper Bright Words.