The study of mission history is seldom reported through imaginative literature, drama in particular, and dreams as a technique to justify conversion into Christianity. This article based on literary work, Kgašane, named after Molobedu kinsman who credited with sowing the seeds Christianity Bolobedu establishment Medingen Mission station Berlin Missionary Society. examines how writer, Makwala, u...

Christianity has had a long history in Asia. Although it is generally assumed that it took a very long time for the Gospel to reach Asia because Christianity moved westward since the time of Paul’s missionary journeys, Christians might have arrived in China as early as the end of the first century.1 There is also evidence of St. Thomas’s mission to India, Armenia’s declaration of Christianity a...

Mr. McConnaha is communication specialist, mission services, ethics, Catholic Health Association. here is nothing revelatory in saying that Catholic social justice teaching is opposed to a health care system that provides one level of service and care to certain populations while at the same time providing another, interior level to others. One need not be familiar with Catholic social justice ...

In the early Christian Church, the central emphasis was put on the death and resurrection of Jesus rather than on the Sermon on the Mount (Manson, "Sayings", pp. 9-11). However, the teaching of Jesus does occupy an important and significant position in the Gospel traditions, because it is needed in the pastoral work as well as in the mission of the Church. It has been noticed that in the writin...

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In 1935 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) accepted its federal mission policy which had racial segregation enshrined in it as a core and divinely sanctioned principle. As foremost missiologist within South African church circles during middle half of 20th Century, Gustav Bernhard Augustus Gerdener was chief formulator disseminator this policy. Convinced that future fate Africa’s multi-racial soci...

This study analyzes dental metric variation to examine the biological structure of the native population at Mission San Luis de Apalachee, a late 17th century mission located in the Apalachee Province of Spanish colonial Florida. Three topics are addressed: (1) comparison of tooth sizes among adult and subadults, (2) analysis of the bio-spatial structure of skeletons within the church area, and...

Adventist mission in West Central Africa has been plagued by issues such as dual allegiance and syncretism which in certain ways have resulted in retarded growth (in comparison with other younger Christian denominations) and dwarfed the faith experiences among church members. In contrast, the book of Acts showcases a mission template with unparalleled growth and pristine faith. The task of this...

The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) (1897–1909) and the Council (WMC) (1910–1940) of Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) worked in Korea from 1897 to 1940. Their work used a distinctive mission philosophy, hermeneutics, implementation strategies their encounters with Korean women. Over course years Korea, Southern missionary women initiated Great Revival, established first social...