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Martin Goldsmith, “The Genius of Roland Allen,” Evangel 7.3 (Autumn 1989): 11-13.
“Things Seen in…” seems to have been a series of guidebooks aimed at European visitors to foreign parts in the early 20th Century – roughly the equivalent of today’s Lonely Planet Guides. Who better to write the entry for Northern Indian than the veteran medical missionary to the region Theodore Leighton Pennell [1867-1912]. It would…
This book was written in the hope that it would encourage fresh support for missionary work in Sudan. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the CMS. W. Wilson Cash, The Changing Sudan, 2nd edn. London: Church Missionary Society, 1931. Pbk. pp.88. Download in PDF. Contents 1 – The Sudan Exploited 2 – The…
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…
Gustav Warneck [1834-1910] provides an overview of Protestant missions from the Reformation to the end of the 19th Century. Part 1 covers the period chronologically and Part 2 geographically. The original had some pen underlining which it was not possible to remove. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of the book to…
To understand this book you will need to forget the borders of the modern nation of Sudan because, as the map above shows, in the 1900s “Sudan” referred to a much larger area. Karl Kumm’s work provides a wealth of background information about this region. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a…
Today’s free book is a discipleship manual for converts from Islam, published by the North Africa Mission. My thanks to AWM Pioneers for their kind permission to reproduce this title and to Book Aid for making a copy available for digitisation. Samuel P. Schlorff, Discipleship in Islamic Society. Marseille, France: North Africa Mission, 1981. Pbk….