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Holland City News, Volume 82, Number 32: August 6, 1953, Holland City News
Holland City News, Volume 82, Number 32: August 6, 1953, Holland City News
Holland City News: 1953
Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.
121st Annual Report Of The Board Of World Missions, Reformed Church In America
121st Annual Report Of The Board Of World Missions, Reformed Church In America
Board of Foreign Missions Annual Reports
The Board of Foreign Missions (later, World Missions) was organized by the General Synod in 1832. The board was under the direction of the RCA but was also under the authority of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. David Abeel led the first mission of the RCA to the island of Borneo in the Dutch East Indies in 1836. Missions also sprouted in four primary target areas: Japan, India, China, and Arabia. In 1857, the board broke away from its ties with the American Board of Missions and established independent missions. Under its current name, the board is …