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Missionary studies. Regions Beyond Missionary Union archive : papers of the RBMU concerning Congo, India, Nepal and Peru from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, New College, University of Edinburgh, 1872-1990 1872-1990.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research source.
- Research source
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regions Beyond Missionary Union--Sources.
- Regions Beyond Missionary Union.
- Regions Beyond Missionary Union--Missions--Sources.
- Missions, English--Sources.
- Missions, English.
- Missions.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- online resource.
- Other Title:
- Regions Beyond Missionary Union archive
- Place of Publication:
- 1872-1990
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This collection contains the Directors' minute books and c17,000 letters from missionaries in different regions, books, pamphlets, journals and photographs of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. The Union was first established as the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions in 1873 in Stepney Green. The Institute's main aim was to train missionaries for service with missions around the world and accepted missionaries from various denominations. It adopted the name 'Regions Beyond Missionary Union' in 1899 and throughout its operation had missions in the Congo, India, Borneo and Nepal. The records included in this collection contain information about the socio-economic development, as well as the growth of Christianity in these areas.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher's information, correct as of 23 April 2019.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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