Mordecai Fowler Ham Jr., was an American Independent Baptist evangelist, 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. 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.