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Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1900-1996 (Paperback)
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Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1900-1996 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Methodist Studies Series
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The twentieth century saw the spectacular growth of Christianity in
much of the global south, the transformation of mission fields into
self-governing Churches, schemes of church union (some successful,
others abortive), evolving attitudes to other faiths and
significant Christian engagement with issues of racial justice and
world poverty. This book examines the contribution of the Methodist
Missionary Society (and its predecessors before 1932) to these
world-changing movements, from the remarkable mass conversions in
south-west China and west Africa early in the century to the
controversy over grants to liberation movements in the 1970s and
1980s. Pritchard traces the MMS contribution to education, health
care, rural development and social welfare and describes the
administration of the Societies and the selection and preparation
of candidates for missionary service. This is a ground-breaking
study of Methodist Overseas Mission in the twentieth century, how
it adjusted to changing circumstances - including the forced
withdrawals from China and Burma - and developed new initiatives
and partnerships, including its World Church in Britain programme
which brought missionaries from the younger Churches to serve in
Britain and Ireland.
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