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Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
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Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Sinda Ngulube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
The Evacuation Of The Czechoslovak And German Missions At The Outbreak Of World War Ii, David F. Boone
The Evacuation Of The Czechoslovak And German Missions At The Outbreak Of World War Ii, David F. Boone
BYU Studies Quarterly
The evacuation of Latter-day Saint missionaries from Europe at the outbreak of World War II was truly a unique event in Church history. At the beginning of World War I, a few American missionaries serving in Europe were moved to areas of safety, but until 1939 there had never been a large-scale evacuation of missionaries as a result of their being endangered by impending war (fig. 1). As the threat of war gathered over Europe in the late 1930s, Latter-day Saint Church leaders in Salt Lake City watched anxiously. In August 1939, there were missionaries laboring in Great Britain, Germany, …
Subject File Of Roger Hedlund: Creative Ministry Papers, Roger Hedlund
Subject File Of Roger Hedlund: Creative Ministry Papers, Roger Hedlund
Papers of Roger Hedlund
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“Sweeping Everything Before It”: Early Mormonism In The Pine Barrens Of New Jersey, Stephen J. Fleming
“Sweeping Everything Before It”: Early Mormonism In The Pine Barrens Of New Jersey, Stephen J. Fleming
BYU Studies Quarterly
In the summer of 1838, Elder Benjamin Winchester (fig. 1) ventured into Monmouth County, New Jersey, to preach to gospel. Winchester was the first Mormon missionary to make it into the Pine Barrens, an area so named because of its sandy, unproductive land. Soon "the news went abroad, that a Mormon preacher had made his appearance in the land." Winchester wrote, "As to [Mormon] principles, and rules of faith, the people knew nothing, except by reports... [and] the people flocked out, in crowds to hear, yet at this time, more out of curiosity than any thing else." Once Winchester began …
Mormons In The Press: Reactions To The 1901 Opening Of The Japan Mission, Shinji Takagi
Mormons In The Press: Reactions To The 1901 Opening Of The Japan Mission, Shinji Takagi
BYU Studies Quarterly
During the first month when a Mormon Apostle and three missionaries arrived to begin proselytizing work in Japan, the local and national press published at least 160 articles on Mormonism, many of the articles appearing on the front page. The media attention was unprecedented for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in that country. Here the author explores the reaction from the Japanese press toward Mormons, the social and historical context that led to such interest, and some of the media controversies that arose. The author concludes that one of the biggest reasons Mormons received such attention when …
Alma O. Taylor's Fact-Finding Mission To China, Reid L. Neilson
Alma O. Taylor's Fact-Finding Mission To China, Reid L. Neilson
BYU Studies Quarterly
In 1909, after serving as a mission president in Japan for eight years, native Utah Mormon Alma O. Taylor visited China as directed by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to determine if Mormon missionaries should be sent there. Taylor did not speak Chinese, so he drew his conclusions by speaking to native English speakers living in China, often Protestant missionaries. Excerpts of Taylor's original report are published here, revealing some of the prejudices and perspectives Westerners had regarding China in the early 1900s. The author also supplies historical information about Mormon missionary work in Japan …