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Barclay Fowell Buxton [1860-1946] was an Evangelical Anglican minister who played an important role in establishing missions to Japan, as well as in developing the missionary movement in the United Kingdom. After serving curacies in London and Cumberland, Buxton went to Japan in 1890 with the Church Missionary Society where he was joined by Paget…
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This is John Jackson’s record of his 7,000 mile tour (in about 1900) through India, China and Japan on behalf of the Mission to Lepers, now The Leprosy Mission. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of this public domain book for digitisation. John Jackson [1853-1917], In Leper-Land. A Record of 7,000 Miles…
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In preparation for the 1938 Oxford Conference on Christian Missions, William Paton the Secretary of International Missionary Council, embarked on a tour of Asia and the Near East. This volume represents a summary of his tour and its findings. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this book…
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Robert E. Speer sets out his threefold purpose in writing this history of 19th Century missions: To correct distortions of the facts; To demonstrate the significance of missions in world events; To inform the reading public of important recent events. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for making these volumes available for…
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Protestant Christianity did not reach Japan until 1859, and during these 100 years the progress of the church has been comparatively slow. These are even now only about a quarter of a million converts in a population of over 90 million. This book seeks to explain many of the peculiar difficulties created by a unique…
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Eugene Stock’s comprehensive History of the Church Missionary Society runs to 2,740 pages and 4 Volumes. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing a set of these volumes to scan. These titles are in the pubic domain. Eugene Stock [1836-1928], The History of the Church Missionary Society. Its Environment, Its Men…