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Eugene Stock, who also wrote the massive 4-volume History of the Church Missionary Society, provides a brief – but nonetheless comprehensive – introduction to Christian missions. My thanks to the Cambridge Centre of Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Eugene Stock [1836-1928], A Short Handbook of Missions. London:…
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This would appear to be a very significant work for those interested in early missionary work in India. It covers all of the major mission agencies involved from 1706 to 1881 and summaries the progress that had been made by the end of that period. My thanks the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing…
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The evangelisation of the Jewish people continues to be a controversial area of Christian missions. The London Society For Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews was founded by evangelical Christians in the early nineteenth Century. The Rev. W.T. Gidney’s History covers first hundred years of the operation. Wikipedia notes that: In response to changing attitudes towards…
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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…