Hunt, Bruce F.

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Presbyterian missionary; born Bruce Finley Hunt on June 4, 1903 in Pyeng, Korea; grew up in Korea where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries; educated at Wheaton College and Rutgers University (1919-1924), Princeton Seminary (1924-1928) and Westminster Seminary; went to Chungju, Korea with the Presbyterian Board for Foreign Missions in 1928 and shortly afterward transferred to the Independent Board for Foreign Missions; married Katherine Blair, 1935; after furlough, returned to Manchuria; arrested for refusal to participate in emperor worship, 1941; arrested again after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941; returned to the United States, 1942; returned to Korea, 1946, and served there until retirement in 1976.

From the description of Oral history interviews with Bruce F. Hunt, 1980-1982. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30419151

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Japan
Korea
Manchuria (China)
China--Manchuria
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Buddhist
Children of missionaries
Christian education
Christianity and culture
Church and state
Church development, New
Church growth
Presbyterian Church
Confucianism
Conversion
Evangelistic work
Language in missionary work
Missionaries
Missions
Missions to Buddhists
Moral re-armament
Nationalism
Revivals
Rural churches
Russo
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1980

Active 1982

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