Dr. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the fifth in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America,” Dr. Greenway is Area Secretary for Latin America, Board of Foreign Missions of the Christian Reformed Church. As momentum increased in many quarters to reach the urban masses in a way which did […]
Dr. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the remaining lessons in THE OUTLOOKS 1972–73 series on Reformed Evangelism entitled So Send I You. Dr. Greenway is Area Secretary for Latin America with the Christian Reformed Church’s Board of Foreign Missions. A hearty thank you is extended to Dr. Greenway, Rev. William Heynen, and Rev. Thomas C. […]
Dr. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the fourth in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America.” Dr. Greenway, formerly a Missionary to Ceylon and Mexico, was recently awarded the Th.D. degree by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He is presently serving as Area Secretary for Latin, […]
Rev. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the third in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America.” Rev. Greenway, missionary to Mexico, is presently on leave of absence for study at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. James A. Yeatman was a statesman, industrialist, and philanthropist. To […]
Rev. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the second in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America.” Rev. Greenway, missionary to Mexico, is presently on leave of absence for study at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Immigration, Slums, and Labor Unrest Produce Political, Moral, and Religious […]
Rev. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the first in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America,” Rev. Greenway, missionary to Ceylon from 1958 to 1963 and missionary to Mexico since 1963, is presently on leave of absence for study at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. […]
It has been said that the example of the New Englanders in America and their success in converting the Indians to Christianity first aroused the energy of the Dutch for the conversion of the natives in Ceylon. A variety of motivations must have inspired Dutch ministers to sail to the East. Some came to gain experience and […]
Vasco Da Gama reached Calicut in India on the 28th May, 1498. With this discovery of a sea route from Europe to the East, a new era of history for India and Ceylon was begun. For the next four centuries European trade, culture, and religion powerfully affected the age-old civilizations of Asia. The history of Asian countries […]
Palm trees swayed gently against the delft-blue tropical sky as the Dutch admiral, Joris Van Spilbergen, on the 31st May 1602, stepped ashore on the island of Ceylon. He was not the first Christian to set foot on Ceylon soil. Tradition traces the beginning of Christianity in Ceylon back to Apostolic times. The existence of a Christian […]
The World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin was to most of us who attended the inspirational experience of a lifetime. The Congress will be remembered in history as the most representative gathering of evangelists and missionaries in the mid-twentieth century. The figures of Billy Graham and Carl F. H. Henry were predominant at the Congress. The […]