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Nelson Graham was normally a man of great control. He had faced danger many times and had coolly and calmly met the situation head on. His six-foot muscular frame had been able to deal with the most desperate of circumstances and emerge the victor. But when Nelson found a sixteen year old friend dead in a stream behind his home his momentary confusion clouded his judgment. Though the sheriff ruled it an accident Nelson soon believed his friend was murdered. The events in the next few days opened his lonely life to love, danger, and a suffocating death. Could he calmly meet the most life-threatening situation he had ever faced and bring a murderer to justice? Or would he lose his life and the...
Presbyterians and Pensions traces the historical development of the modern Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its predecessor organizations from colonial times to the present. It is a critical work that examines the Board of Pensions in its broad historical, social, economic, and theological context. Utilizing the case study approach, the authors show how a major Protestant denomination produced its present retirement and protection program for church employees. This is an insightful historical presentation of a vital part of the church's mission and provides very interesting and critical reading for those interested in the history of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The primary concern of Banker's book is, as he states in its preface, "not the Presbyterian impact on the Southwest, but instead the impact of the Southwest on the Presbyterians."
The year 1810 marks the start of the North American foreign missions movement -- a movement begun with typical American enthusiasm and vigor but in need of practical grounding. This volume explores important facets of the development of North American foreign missions, paying particular attention to the role agencies like the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) played in shaping the theology, theory, and policy of evangelistic activities overseas. Written by leading experts on missions and religious history, this volume is distinguished by its focus on key events taking place at the home base rather than on happenings in the foreign mission field. In doing so, these ...
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William Morgan Jesse, son of John Jesse, was born 2 Sep. 1798, in Cumberland County, Virginia. He married Mary Ann "Polly" Parker on 6 Jan. 1820, in Cumberland County. There followed sixteen children.. He died 13 Aug. 1857, in Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri.
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