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Women in leadership : in the beginnings of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in South America / Silvia Scholtus ;translated by Margarita Biaggi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scholtus, Silvia, author.
- Series:
- Pioneros series.
- Pioneros series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biography.
- Leadership.
- Religion.
- Religious biography.
- Religious life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 recurso en línea (105 páginas)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montevideo, Uruguay : Editorial Universidad Adventista del Plata, [2020]
- Summary:
- This edition has incorporated some more details about the persons whose life stories are presented. This book exposes a pending debt to fill an existing gap in the historic area. That debt continues to be to recognize the fervour and enthusiasm to communicate the Gospel that guided many women. These women dedicated their lives in a self-sacrificing and laborious way to contribute to establish and strengthen the spreading of the Adventists beliefs in the countries that make up the present South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.This work recounts the story of some of those women. All of them have been women of faith, with their struggles and heartaches, but also with hope and victories in Christ. Their lives, their dedication and their leadership inspired in others an intense longing to be sons and daughters of God. Their passion for doing good and honouring God gave fruits that today leave us indebted to them.It is the author's desire that this book doesn't just fill a historic void, but that it motivates and inspires the development of all the potential of the woman filled with the Spirit of God that she may reflect His grace and mercy towards human beings.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 1
- Towards a More Vital Church
- Why tell stories?
- Stories connect people
- Stories define who we are
- Stories provide meaning to our experiences
- Stories are theological autobiographies
- The stories of these people create hope
- Each story is a gift, a treasure in the world
- 2
- Introduction
- 3
- Historical Context
- 4
- Mary Thurston-Westphal: Love is Known in Self-denial and Sacrifice
- Who was Mary?
- Return to the United States
- What was Mary's legacy?
- 5
- Lucy post: First Bible Instructor in South America
- A mission
- A brave and selfless woman
- Conversion, and preparation for mission
- Leadership and dedication to God's service
- Her last years
- Untiring evangelist
- 6
- Sadie R. Graham-Town: Busy in the Things of the Lord
- Arrival in South America
- Responsibilities and tasks
- New activities in South America
- Last years
- Her legacy
- 7
- Luisa Post-Everist: Administrator, Teacher and Writer
- One of the first converts in Uruguay
- A little bit of her life
- 8
- Lydia Green-Oppegard: Writer and Editor of Adventists Papers
- Beginnings
- How she met the adventists
- Her first labors as a missionary
- Her later years
- 9
- Elvira Deggeller: Colporteur and Evangelist
- Background and training
- 10
- Cecilia Degeller: Missionary and Pioneer in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú and Uruguay
- Background and preparation
- Her labour as missionary
- 11
- Meda Kerr: A Pioneer of the Health Work in Uruguay
- Initial activities
- Missionary in South America
- 12
- With the Eyes on the Transcendent
- What remains to be done.
- Notes:
- Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
- Description based on print record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789877650310
- 9877650312
- OCLC:
- 1375294030
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