Exploration, trade and conquest expanded and upset traditional worldviews of early modern Europeans. Christians saw themselves confronted with a largely heathen world. In the wake of Iberian colonization, Jesuits successfully christianized heathen populations overseas. In his De conversione Indorum et gentilium, Johannes Hoornbeeck presents a systematic overview of every aspect of the missionary imperative from a Reformed Protestant perspective. The most attractive part of his book may be the global survey it offers of the various types of heathens, an early example of comparative religion. Of equal interest, however, is his critical approach to mission. Hoornbeeck rejects ecclesiastical hierarchy and top-down imposition of Christianity. In this he is perfectly orthodox, and at the same time startlingly original and a harbinger of modern missions. His practical recommendations offer a flexible framework for missionaries, to fit a wide variety of circumstances.

HENRY H. JESSUP Taken when Moderator of the General Assembly. Contents SECOND VOLUME XIX. NOTABLE VISITORS AND CONVERTS . . 405 XX. A CHOLERA YEAR ...... 430 XXL HELPS AND HINDRANCES . ., . .467 XXII. MISSION SCHOOLS ...... 508 XXIII. SKETCHES 1887 ...... 526 XXIV. THREE YEARS OF PROGRESS 1888 . . . 533 XXV. MARKING TIME . . . . . .572 XXVI. A NEW CENTURY DAWNS 1899-1900 . . 664 XXVII. THE WHITENING FIELDS 1901-1902 . . 695 XXVIII. MY LATEST FURLOUGH YEARS 1903-1904 . 719 XXIX. JUBILEE TIMES 1905-1907 .... 753 XXX. WHAT SHALL THE HARVEST BE JANUARY I9O8-MAY 1909 781 APPENDICES I. Missionaries in Syria Mission from 1819 to i9 8 797 II. The History Bibliography . . .801 III. American Medical Missionaries and Agencies in Syria Mission . 802 IV. List of Mission Schools of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in Beirut and D am as c as, and in the Mutserfiyet of Lebanon . . . . . 805 V Outline of the History of the Syria Mission of the American Presbyterian Church and Contemporary Events, 18201900 . . 809 VI. Figures, 1908-1909 Statistics of the Syria Mission . . . . .814 VII, Statistics of the Syrian Protestant College from 1866 to 1906 .... 819 INDEX . . . . . .821 Illustrations SECOND VOLUME Facing page Dr. Jessup ........ College Hall, Syrian Protestant College . . . . 412 Mission Group ......... 429 A View of Lebanon ......... 440 A View in the Lebanon ........ 456 Hasroun, A Lebanon Village ....... 465 Geo. E. Post Science Hall, Syrian Protestant College . . . 480 Assembly Hall, Syrian Protestant College ..... 490 Sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Sarcophagus of Weeping Women 507 Front View of Gerard Institute, Sidon . ., . . 5 1 3 Dar es Salaam Orphanage. Gerard InstitutePupils . . .516 Asfuriyeh Hospital. General View . . . . . .521 Pietros Hotel, 1875 ......... 530 Jedaan the Bedawy ......... 541 Kamil Aietany .......... 559 Syrian Mission in 1893 with Drs. Bliss and Post, .... 570 Gorge of Nahr Barada ........ 585 American Press .......... 590 The Damascus to Mecca Railway . . . . . .601 Beirut Memorial Column . . . . . . .618 Daniel Bliss Hall ......... 630 Mission Stations . . . . . . . . .680 The Seventieth Birthday Picnic. Ancient Mule Bridge . . . 690 Yusef Ahtiyeh, Kasim Beg Amin ....... 700 Dr. Daniel Bliss in 1905 . . . . . . . .711 Syrian Churches and Houses . . . . . . .720 Group of Syrian Teachers and Preachers . . . . .730 Interior of the Chapel of the Protestant College, Beirut . . 737 Group of Syrian Churches ........ 749 Plan of the American Mission Property . . . . . .781 XIX Notable Visitors and Converts The one-eyed kadi Mr. Roosevelt Two great sheikhs The new bell Wm. E. Dodge Abu Selim and Moosa Ata The monthly con cert at home, AT the close of 1873 the stations were manned as follows Beirut, Drs. Thomson, Van Dyck, Dennis, and H. H. Jessup. Abeih, Messrs. Calhoun and Bird. Sidon, Messrs. W. W. Eddy and Pond. Tripoli, Messrs. S. Jessup and Hardin, and Dr. Danforth. Zahleh, Messrs. Dale, Wood, and March. The theological seminary was opened in Beirut in premises adjoining Dr. Denniss house, the teachers being Dr. Dennis, Dr. C. V. A. Van Dyck, Dr. Wm. M. Thomson, and my self. The Syrian Protestant College at this time had eighty-four students in all its departments and all its friends were much en couraged. They little thought that in 1907 the number would be 878. In September the notable meeting of the International Evan gelicalAlliance, postponed from 1870 on account of the Franco-Prussian War, was held in New York. My paper on Missions to the Oriental Churches was read in my absence by my dear friend, Rev. D. Stuart Dodge. It was subsequently the basis of a booklet on The Greek Church and Protestant Missions written at the request of the Christian Literature Society of New York 405 406 Notable Visitors and Converts and a special edition of which was published in England by my friends, Canon H. B. Tristram and Rev. H. E. Fox, and sent to hundreds of clergymen of the Church of England...

Outreach 2019 Resource of the Year (Cross-Cultural/Missional) The ministry of reconciliation is the new whole in holistic ministry. It must be if the Christian mission is to remain relevant in our increasingly fractured world. This book offers a fresh treatment of holistic ministry that takes the role of reconciliation seriously, rethinking the meaning of the gospel, the nature of the church, and the practice of mission in light of globalization, post-Christendom, and postcolonialism. It also includes theological and practical resources for effectively engaging in evangelism, compassion and justice, and reconciliation ministries. Includes a foreword by Ruth Padilla DeBorst and an afterword by Ronald J. Sider.

This study introduces its readers to the differing positions and methods developed by contemporary scholars in Pauline studies. By setting out these views, and the evidence on which they are based, it equips the reader to approach the study of Paul with an awareness of the range of current debate and a knowledge of the evidence and arguments they will encounter. After considering Paul's importance and influence, and the important sources for the study of Paul, the book examines: the earliest period of Christianity - from Jesus to Paul; Paul's life before and after his 'conversion'; his individual letters; the major elements of his theology; his attitude to Israel and the Jewish law; new approaches to the study of Paul, including social-scientific and feminist approaches; and Paul's legacy in the New Testament and beyond. Newly added for the third edition are sections on the interest in Paul's thought from philosophers such as Agamnen and Badiou, and Paul and sexuality. More generally the volume has been fully updated with respect to bibliography, and to presenting the latest debates surrounding Paul's thought in a manageable format - including those around Pauline anthropology, Paul and politics and the concept of righteousness. The helpful study questions at the end of each chapter have been revised, as have the reading lists.

It is impossible to understand the early history of the Society of Jesus and the Catholic Church in China without understanding the preeminent role played by the island of Macau in the Jesuit missionary endeavor; indeed, it can even be said that Catholicism would not exist in China if there was no Macau. This book seeks to restore Macau to its proper place in the history of Catholicism and the Jesuit missions in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties by offering a unique insight into subjects ranging from the origins of Jesuit missionary work on the island to the history of Jesuit education and Catholic art and music on the Chinese mainland.

Effectively communicate Christ across Cultures The gospel message transcends cultures, but human communication does not. In Transforming Communication missionary and professor Vee J. D-Davidson provides principles for the intercultural communication of Christ. Using her twenty-five-plus years of experience teaching as a Westerner in Asia as a starting point, Davidson provides transferable principles that encourage awareness of context-specific issues and that see opportunities for intercultural communication as wholly unique opportunities, regardless of any perceived communication barriers. Readers from multiple different cultures will be able to apply the principles presented by use of relevant examples, illustrations, and enlightening insights provided from a wide range of Global South and Global North multicultural and intercultural perspectives. Transforming Communication offers practical principles to encourage and challenge Christian readers to build relationships that might well require engaging with issues that bring them out of their comfort zone but, the book also offers insights and encouraging devotional nuggets that feed into a triad of knowledge-impartation, self-examination and challenge, along with spiritual enrichment for the task.

In the very last year of the seventeenth century a ten-year-old boy in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, announced to his parents that he wanted to become a Jesuit missionary and save souls in faraway lands. Philipp Segesser got his wish when he was sent to northwestern Mexico in 1731. For the next thirty years he carried on an active correspondence with his family and religious affiliates. His letters home, translated and edited in this fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain. The editor's introduction sets the letters in biographical and historical context.

Elsie Moses Huck Detweiler is an educator and evangelist with a love for people, God's Word, and the Lord. She is a visionary with the remarkable ability to surround herself with people who make her dreams come true.

Her touching autobiography, "A Life of Faith," begins with her early years in a prosperous Pennsylvania Dutch family hit hard by the Depression. Seemingly happy on the outside, Elsie is terribly lonely and plagued by fears of death. At fifteen, she experiences personal salvation that results in life-long peace and freedom from her oppression.

Moved to share the gospel and minister to the needs of others, she and her husband pioneer alcohol rehabilitation in the days before treatment centers and personally develop two successful programs still in operation today. Tragically widowed at a young age, Elsie soldiers on with a series of remarkable ministries in the home mission field.

In her own words, Elsie shares her amazing story, revealing her courage, strength, and fortitude. Inspiring and powerful, "A Life of Faith" offers a compelling look at how one woman changed the lives of many.

Originally published many years ago, this outstanding book, now revised, is still fresh and challenging us today. It tells the story of a group of children - mostly street beggars and orphans - living in Adullam Rescue Mission in Yunan Province, China, under the care of missionaries H.A. Baker and his wife. These children experienced an immense and incredible outpouring of the Holy Spirit - so great that they literally 'experienced heaven' through visions, were aware of the prescence of angels, and were able to describe in great detail what they saw. The result of these intense experiences of God was a fervent passion for worship, the Word of God, and prayer.