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Who Was the First American Missionary to Foreign Lands?

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This is not an area of great study on my part, so I am welcome to hearing from others on this one. When I was young, the answer was simple... It was Adoniram (and Ann) Judson. They traveled to India under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (a Congregationalist missions entity) in 1812. …

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Some Seeds Take Longer to Grow

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I spoke as the graduation speaker at Aurora College of Intercultural Studies. I spoke on Acts 1:8 (a pretty typical verse for a missionary training school). I suggested that the focus on Power is unnecessary. Rather, If one embraces God's Purpose, one has God's Presence and God's Power I used two stories from the Bible. …

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