Vision in Progress: Framing the Portrait of Indian Baptists in South Africa - Hardcover

Ragwan, Rodney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498256821 ISBN 13: 9781498256827

Verlag: Resource Publications, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The work of American Baptist missionaries among the Telugu people in India in the nineteenth century came to fruition in 1897, when Telugus established their own indigenous missionary organization, the Telugu Home Missionary Society. Six years later, in 1903, the society took the highly ambitious step of sending one of its own, John Rangiah, to South Africa as a missionary to work among Telugus who'd gone to that country as indentured laborers. Vision in Progress tells the story of Indian Baptists' work in South Africa, work mitigated by the negatives influences of colonialism and racism, manifested by the openly racist South African doctrine of apartheid. It examines the values, missions philosophy, and struggles of John Rangiah and of others--men and women--who have shaped the history of Indian Baptists in South Africa up to this day. In telling this story, the author provides a thorough history of the organization Indian Baptists formed--the Baptist Association of South Africa--and its friction-filled efforts to work alongside other Baptist groups. Informational and inspirational, Vision in Progress serves ultimately as a testimony of people of great faith who were up against tremendous odds.

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Rodney Ragwan is a native of South Africa. He serves as the Associate Director of Eastern's School of Christian Ministry (ESCM) at Palmer Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is also the former president of the Baptist Association of South Africa and is the author of In His Service (2003).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Resource Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498256821
• ISBN 13: 9781498256827
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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