ByRob
Today’s free book is William Brown’s massive 3 Volume set on the history of Christian missions since the Reformation. What is particularly useful about this series is that it covers each of the major missionary agencies and their work rather than looking at each country in turn. This public domain set was kindly provided for…
ByRob
This is a very helpful little book that explains the necessity of medical missions as well a providing a history of the Church Missionary Society’s work in this field. My thanks to The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Henry T. Hodgkin [1877-1933], The Way…
ByRob
Robert and Louisa Stewart were both born in ireland and served with the Church Missionary Society in China, where they died in the Kucheng Massacre of 1895. This book was written by Louisa’s sister and is the standard biography of the couple. My thanks to Redcliffe College for making this public domain title available for…
ByRob
The zenana missions were outreach programmes established in British India with the aim of converting women to Christianity. From the mid 19th century, they sent female missionaries into the homes of Indian women, including the private areas that male visitors were not allowed to see (zenana). Gradually these missions expanded from purely evangelical work to…