"A Country Strange and Far considers how and why the Methodist church failed in the Pacific Northwest and how place can affect religious transplantation and growth"-- "In 1834 the weary missionary Jason Lee arrived on the banks of the Willamette River and began to build a missi…
"A Country Strange and Far considers how and why the Methodist church failed in the Pacific Northwest and how place can affect religious transplantation and growth"-- "In 1834 the weary missionary Jason Lee arrived on the banks of the Willamette River and began to build a missi…
"A Country Strange and Far considers how and why the Methodist church failed in the Pacific Northwest and how place can affect religious transplantation and growth"-- "In 1834 the weary missionary Jason Lee arrived on the banks of the Willamette River and began to build a missi…
Needs and opportunities for small group training have opened up in the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) of the Methodist Church in Malaysia in recent years. This study sought to discover the current knowledge, practices, and desired goals of small group ministry in the TRAC chur…
The dominant narrative of the role of white citizens and the white church in Mississippi's civil rights era focuses on their intense resistance to change. The "Born of Conviction" statement, signed by twenty-eight white Methodist pastors and published in the Mississippi Methodis…
"In 1963 ... 28 native-born Mississippi Methodist ministers signed a formal declaration decrying the racism that made Mississippi the poster child of white supremacy. This powerful monograph by Reiff (religion, Emory and Henry College) contextualizes the declaration in the world…
"This book explores the development and activity of the Methodist Church in Poland, focusing on the political conditions under which it functioned after 1945. In particular it considers the role of party and state power, and the nature and impact of religious policy towards the …
"This book explores the development and activity of the Methodist Church in Poland, focusing on the political conditions under which it functioned after 1945. In particular it considers the role of party and state power, and the nature and impact of religious policy towards the …
"This book highlights the life and writings of an itinerant preacher in John Wesley's Methodist Connexion, Thomas Wride (1733-1807). Detailed studies of such rank and file preachers are rare, as Methodist history has largely been written by and about its leadership. However, Wri…
