{"id":1304,"date":"2017-08-23T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2017-05-01T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T13:10:40","slug":"sudan-interior-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/sudan-interior-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"New Frontiers for the Sudan Interior Mission in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-1306\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1306\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/new-frontiers-in-the-central-sudan_beacham.jpg\" alt=\"C. Gordon Beacham, New Frontiers in the Central Sudan\" width=\"300\" height=\"463\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog?longdesc=1306&amp;referrer=1304\" \/>C. Gordon Beacham of the Sudan Interior Mission wrote this as a text-book on African Missions. Remember that at the time of writing Sudan referred to a great swathe of Central Africa from Nigeria eastwards and not just to the modern country of that name. My thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/redcliffe.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing me with a copy of this book to digitise. This book is in the public domain.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/pdf\/e-books\/beacham_c-gordon\/central-sudan_beacham.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C. Gordon Beacham, <em>New Frontiers in the Central Sudan<\/em>. Toronto: Evangelical Publishers, 1928. Hbk. pp.157. [Click to download complete book in PDF]<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Preface<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Frontier Land<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Branding For Beauty<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cannabalism<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Primitive Economics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Primitive Economics &#8211; Continued<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wedding Rules<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wedding Belles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Music and the Dance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Growing Generation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Death Wail<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Religion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>African Spirituality<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Witch Doctor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Witchcraft<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Traditions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Pioneer Mission Station<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Make to Yourself Friends&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Language Study<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A School Among the Cannibals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Preaching the Gospel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Primitive Morals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some Apologetics for Missions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Preface<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to the World War, the Sudan Interior Mission had established over a dozen stations in the central part of the British Protectorate of Nigeria extending inland as far as the head of the Bauchi branch of the Nigerian Railroad. From that point the view for extension was eastward, and in 1915 the Rev. R. V. Bingham, General Director, and Dr. A. P. Stirrett, Field Secretary, made a journey for the purpose of looking out new territory. Two hundred miles beyond they found the Tangale tribe, and returned with a plea for new workers for it. In response to that appeal, the Rev. John S. Hall and I were commissioned the following year to open a station in that region, hitherto untouched by missionary effort. From our experiences among the Tangales and their neighbors has developed the material embodied in this book.<strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/pdf\/e-books\/beacham_c-gordon\/central-sudan_beacham.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C. Gordon Beacham of the Sudan Interior Mission wrote this as a text-book on African Missions. 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