Andrew F. Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity 19th century to present day

Walls, Andrew F.. Dr. Professor of History of Missions, Liverpool Hope University

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The Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity is named after the most distinguished Professor Andrew F. Walls, Professor of History of Missions at Liverpool Hope University. His missionary experiences in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, his teaching experiences at the universities in Aberdeen and Edinburgh and in many other Euro-American, African and Asian institutions of higher learning, and his lectures in mission conferences in numerous countries shape his perception and interpretation ...

China Inland Mission

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The China Inland Mission was a Protestant mission agency working in China until 1950. It later took the name Overseas Missionary Fellowship and redirected work to other Far Eastern countries. From the description of Records of the China Inland Mission, 1872-1955 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702148533 ...

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

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Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. From the description of Records of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1987-1988, (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132625 International evangelical organization; founded in 1974 as the Lausanne Continuation Committee and 1976 as the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE); developed following a series of events: meeting to plan follow-up to 1966 World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, t...

United Free Church of Scotland

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In 1900, the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church merged to form the United Free Church of Scotland. The majority of the United Free Church of Scotland united with the Church of Scotland in 1929, leaving a minority. From the description of Records of the United Free Church of Scotland, 1901-1947 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152725 ...

Church Missionary Society.

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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...

Wesley, John, 1703-1791

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John Wesley, evangelist and founder of Methodism, was born 17 June 1703, in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, and died 2 March 1791, in London, England. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (1724); was ordained a deacon in the Church of England (1725); and was elected a fellow of Lincoln College (1726). He eventually embarked upon a new ministry, along with his brother, Charles (b. 1707), which resulted in their separation from the Anglican church; they and other "Methodists" served as...

World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Methodist Missionary Society

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Related to the Methodist Church of Great Britain and Ireland. Represents work formerly done by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society and the United Methodist Foreign Missions Auxiliary; these bodies united in 1932. From the description of Records of the Methodist Missionary Society, 1937-1960 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152486 A collection of manuscript and printed material, including Parliamentary Pa...

Kimbangu, Simon., 1887-1951

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Church of Scotland.

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In 1929, the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland merged to form the Church of Scotland. Material includes Church of Scotland Mission to the Jews and church of Scotland Women's Calcutta Mission. From the description of Records of the Church of Scotland, 1796-1987 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702150500 ...

Jeyaraj, Daniel. Rev. Dr. Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Andrew F. Walls Centre, Liverpool Hope University

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Livingstone, David, 1813-1873

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Epithet: African explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x00031a Scottish missionary and explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Claremont, Mauritius, to Captain L.W. Peyton of H.M.S. "Frolic", 1856 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590502 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kuruman (Bechuana country, South Africa), to [R.N.] Hayward, in ...

International Missionary Council.

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The International Missionary Council was established at London in 1921. It became associated with the World Council of Churches in 1939, and, in 1961, it became integrated with the WCC as its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. From the description of International Missionary Council Archives, 1910-1961 (inclusive) [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122555600 From the guide to the International Missionary Council Archives, [microform], 1910-1961 (inc...