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William Paton [1886-1943] sets out the argument for world mission. It is based on the material presented at the Jerusalem meeting of the International Missionary Council (March 24th – April 8th 1928). My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the public domain. William Paton…
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My thanks to the staff at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide for providing me with 500 more missions books for possible digitisation. I have spent the last few days checking the copyright on each one. Those that I can either get permission to use or are in the public domain have been put into…
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M. Whitecross Paton was the wife of John G. Paton and accompanied her husband to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in the Pacific Ocean. This is a collection of her letters. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the Public Domain. M….
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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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Roland Bateman [1860-1916] served as a Bible translator in the Punjab. This book, written by a close friend in the Indian Civil Service, tells the story of his life and work. R. Maconachie, Rowland Bateman. Nineteenth Century Apostle. London: Church Missionary Society, 1917. Hbk. pp.208. [Click to download in PDF] Reproduced by kind permission of the Church…
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Yesterday I had another chance to visit All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire. Easneye Mansion was formerly the country home of the Buxton Family, and was designed the same architect as the National History Museum in Kensington. It now houses the largest specialist missiological library in Europe, with over 50,000 books and several hundred journals,…