From Hope to Hardship : The Missionary Dreams and Disappointments of the Belgian Gospel Mission.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prins, Aaldert.

Series:

KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society Series

KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society Series ; v.32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norton, Ralph C., 1868-1934.

Norton, Ralph C.

Norton, Edith Fox.

Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918.

Chapman, J. Wilbur.

Belgian Gospel Mission.

Missions, American.

Evangelistic work.

Missions, American--Belgium.

Evangelistic work--Belgium.

Belgium.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press July 2025 North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor]

Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The untold story of the Belgian Gospel Mission and the influence of American Evangelicalism.From Hope to Hardship begins with the missionary quest of Ralph and Edith Norton, who assisted John Wilbur Chapman around the turn of the twentieth century at the height of his success as a 'mass-evangelist' in major US cities and worldwide.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: The Desperate Quest for a Mission Field

2: Apostles of the Belgian Trenches

3: Bridgehead Brussels

4: Driven by Dispensational Urgency

5: Workers for the Vineyard

6: From Formative to Normative: The Structural Development of the BGM

7: From Dollar Mission to Beggars Mission, 1926-1936

8: New Leadership under the Clouds of War

9: The Nazi Occupation

10: Cutting the Umbilical Cord, 1945-1962

Conclusion

Appendices

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index of Persons

Colophon

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

94-6166-659-4

94-6166-658-6

OCLC:

1521501418