a biographical history of Christian missions Tucker, Ruth 1945- creator text bibliography biography Biography. History. miu Grand Rapids, Mich Zondervan ©1983 1983 monographic eng

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511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 1. The early centuries : evangelizing the Roman Empire -- Paul the Apostle -- Polycarp -- Perpetua -- Ulfilas -- Patrick -- Columba -- 2. Roman missions : baptizing the masses -- Boniface (Winfried) -- Anskar -- Raymond Lull -- Las Casas -- Francis Xavier -- Matthew Ricci -- 3. The Moravian advance : dawn of protestant missions -- Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf -- Christian David and Hans Egede -- George Schmidt -- 4. American Indian missions : seeking the "noble savage" -- John Eliot -- The Mayhews -- David Brainerd -- Eleazer Wheelock -- David Zeisberger -- Isaac McCoy -- Marcus and Narcissa Whitman -- 5. South Central Asia : confronting ancient creeds -- William Carey -- The Adoniram Judsons -- George and Sarah Boardman -- Henry Martyn -- Alexander Duff -- 6. Black Africa : "the white man's graveyard" -- Robert and Mary Moffat -- David Livingstone -- Henry M. Stanley -- George Grenfell -- Alexander Mackay -- Mary Slessor -- 7. The Far East : "barbarians not welcome" -- Robert Morrison -- Karl F.A. Gutzlaff -- The J. Hudson Taylors -- Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth -- 8. The Pacific Islands : preaching in "paradise" -- Henry Nott and the Duff missionaries -- Hiram Bingham and Hawaiian missions -- John Williams -- John G. Paton -- James Chalmers -- John Coleridge Patteson -- Florence Young -- 9. Single women missionaries : "second-class citizens" -- Charlotte (Lottie) Diggs Moon -- Amy Carmichael -- Maude Cary -- Johanna Veenstra -- Gladys Aylward -- Helen Roseveare -- 10. Student volunteers : forsaking wealth and prestige -- C.T. Studd -- John R. Mott -- Robert E. Speer -- Samuel Zwemer -- Fletcher Brockman -- E. Stanley Jones 11. "Faith" missionaries : depending on God alone -- A.B. Simpson and the Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Rowland Bingham and the Sudan Interior Mission -- Peter Cameron Scott and the Africa Inland Mission -- C.I. Scofield and the Central American Mission -- Joe Moreno and New Tribes Mission -- Pete Fleming and Operation Auca -- Eliza Davis George and the Elizabeth Native Interior Mission -- 12. Medical missions : "angels of mercy" -- Wilfred Grenfell -- Ida Scudder -- Jessie and Leo Halliwell -- Carl Becker -- Viggo Olsen -- 13. Translation and linguistics : "the Bible in every man's tongue" -- William Cameron Townsend -- Kenneth Pike -- Mirianna Slocum -- Rachel Saint -- Myron Bromley -- 14. Radio and recordings : harnessing the air waves -- Clarence W. Jones and HCJB -- John Broger and the Far East Broadcasting Company -- Paul Freed and Trans World Radio -- Peter Deyneka and the Slavic Gospel Association -- Joy Ridderhof and Gospel Recordings -- 15. Missionary aviation : flying over jungles -- Elizabeth "Betty" Greene -- Nate Saint -- Jungle Aviation and Radio Service [JAARS] -- Gleason Ledyard -- Mark Poole -- Clair McCombs -- 16. Twentieth-century martyrs : "Yankee, go home" -- Betty and John Stam and China martyrs -- Paul Carlson and the Congo martyrs -- Betty Olsen and the Vietnam martyrs -- Chet Bitterman and Latin America martyrs -- 17. Third world missions : younger churches reach out -- Rochunga Pudaite -- Festo Kivengere -- Luis Palau -- Philip Teng -- Paul Yonggi Cho -- 18. New methods and strategy : reaching tomorrow's world -- R. Kenneth Strachan -- Bob Pierce and World Vision -- Brother Andrew and Open Doors -- Donald McGavran -- Ralph Winter -- Don Richardson Ruth A. Tucker "Academie books"--Cover Includes bibliographical references and indexes Missionaries Biography Missions History BV3700 .T83 1983 266 T891F 0310459311 9780310459316 83006906 https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/171362-M.jpg https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/171362-M.jpg DLC 830401 20190114151536.0 9889190 eng