Research Catalog

Title

The Crisis decade : a history of foreign missionary work of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1937-1947 / edited by W. Reginald Wheeler.

Publication

New York : Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1950, c1951.

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Additional Authors

• Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963.
• Wheeler, W. Reginald (William Reginald), 1889-1963.

Description

xiii, 369 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Missions
• Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. > Missions
• Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions
• Western Foreign Missionary Society

Note

• Supplements "One hundred years" by Arthur Judson Brown.
• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The crisis decade in world events -- Board policy during the crisis decade -- China : the beginning of the war -- China : the war years -- China : Christian students in the war -- Korea : war torn and divided -- Japan -- The Philippines : new in the family of nations -- Siam : the war and the missionary task -- Work in Europe -- India -- CLosed and open doors in Iran -- Iraq (Mesopotamia) -- Syria-Lebanon -- West Africa -- Latin America : thirty years after -- Latin America, 1937-1947 -- Brazil -- Chile -- Colombia -- Guatemala -- Mexico -- Venezuela -- Missionary personnel -- Together was the great word -- Developments in youth work -- Adult literacy -- Christian literature -- The Christian home -- "Seeing is believing" -- Financial progress and problems -- The Joseph Cook lectureship -- Basic problems challenging foreign missions -- Succession of presidents of the Board -- Succession of officers of the Board -- Members of the Board -- Receipts from American sources, 1937-1947 -- Roll of missionaries, 1937-1947 -- Additional material on Korea -- Additional material on Japan.

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library