E. Stanley Jones
E. (Eli) Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was a 20th century Methodist Christian missionary and theologian. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings See also Evangelism, Christianization A Christian mission has been widely defined since the Lausanne Congress of 1974 as that which
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E. William Carey may refer to William Carey (1761&ndash1834 an English Protestant missionary William Carey (c Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Thomas the Apostle, also called Judas Thomas, Doubting Thomas, or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Saint Pantaenus (d ca 200 was a Christian Theologian who founded the Catechetical School of Alexandria about AD 190 Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. This is a timeline of Indian history. It includes the history of South Asia ( Indian subcontinent) especially the history of the regions now known This timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a sampling of missionary outreach events Christianity is India's third-largest religion, with approximately 24 million followers constituting 2 Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg ( July 10, 1682 - February 23, 1719) was a member of the Lutheran Clergy and the first His family Of his family little is known except that they traced their descent from an officer in the Army of Cromwell: one of a band who at the Restoration relinquished Early life Ward was born at Derby on 20 October 1769 and was the son of John Ward a carpenter and builder of that town and grandson of Thomas Ward a farmer at Alexander Duff, DD LLD (April 15 1806 &ndash Sidmouth February 12 1878 was a Christian Protestant Presbyterian missionary of Scottish heritage Biography Early life Groves was born in Newton Valance, Hampshire, England Henry Martyn ( 18 February, 1781 - 16 October 1812) was an Anglican priest and Missionary to the peoples of India Early life Amy Carmichael was born in the small village of Millisle, County Down, Ireland to David and Catherine Carmichael Stanley Jones
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K. James Mills Thoburn (1836-1922 was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church best known for his missionary work in India The Scudders in India devoted more than 1100 combined years to Christian medical mission service in South India by 42 members of 4 generations of the family Early missionaries Thomas the Apostle. St Francis Xavier. Roberto de Nobili. Serampore College is located in Serampore Town in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. The Scottish Church College, which is located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences college Wilson College is a degree college affiliated to the University of Mumbai in Mumbai. The Madras Christian College in Chennai, South India, is one of the oldest colleges in Asia and was established in 1837 St Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. Gossner Theological College is the only Theological Seminary of Jharkhand affiliated to Serampore College. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational Missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and The Church Mission Society, known as the Church Missionary Society in Australia and New Zealand is a group of evangelistic societies working with the Anglican Church BMS World Mission is a Christian Missionary society founded by Baptists from England around 1792. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the sovereign and highest Court of the Church of Scotland, and is thus the Church's governing body The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM was the first American Christian foreign mission agency The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Ayyavazhi, a belief system originating from South India, is mentioned in a number of reports by Christian missionaries in the 19th century Bakht Singh (1902-2000 was a Christian evangelist in India and other parts of South Asia. Krishna Mohan Banerjee (কৃষ্ণ মোহন ব্যানার্জি (1813-1885 (also referred to as Rev Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta (মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto) (1824-1873 born Madhusudan Dutt is a famous 19th Pandita Ramabai ( 23 April 1858, Maharashtra - 5 April 1922) was an eminent Indian Christian social reformer and activist Sadhu Sundar Singh ( September 3, 1889 Patiala State India) was an Indian Christian Missionary. Jashwant Rao Chitambar ( 5 September 1879 - 4 September 1940) was the first Indian Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Victor Premasagar was an acknowledged authority on Old Testament. V. Simon
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He is remembered chiefly for his interreligious lectures to the educated classes in India, thousands of which were held across the Indian subcontinent during the first decades of the 20th century. P C John was an evangelist and Bible teacher among the Syrian Christians and the Plymouth Brethren for 38 years This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. According to his and other contemporary reports, his friendship for the cause of Indian self-determination allowed him to become friends with leaders of the up-and-coming Indian National Congress party. Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. He spent much time with Mahatma Gandhi, and the Nehru family. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party Gandhi challenged Jones and, through Jones' writing, the thousands of Western missionaries working there during the last decades of the British Raj, to include greater respect for the mindset and strengths of the Indian character in their work. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British
This effort to contextualize Christianity for India was the subject of his seminal work, The Christ of the Indian Road (ISBN 0-687-06377-9), which sold more than 1 million copies worldwide after its publication in 1925.
He is also the founder of the Christian Ashram movement. An Ashram in ancient India was a Hindu hermitage where sages lived in Peace and tranquility amidst Nature. He is sometimes considered the "Billy Graham of India". William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian
Writings
A unique feature of some of his books (eg, Abundant Living, ©1942) is that while they could be read from beginning to end as normal, they were presented in the format of a page-a-day daily reading featuring a Bible reference, a page of his writing, and a concluding sentence or phrase for meditation. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin
These are the British publishers' titles; American titles may be different.
Books:
The Christ of the Indian Road (1925)
Christ at the Round Table (1928)
The Christ of Every Road – A study in Pentecost (1930)
The Christ of the Mount – A Working Philosophy of Life (1931)
Christ and Human Suffering (1933)
Christ’s Alternative to Communism (1935) US title
Christ and Communism (1935) UK title
Victorious Living (1936) (devotional)
The Choice Before Us (1937)
Christ and Present World Issues (1937)
Along the Indian Road (1939)
Is the Kingdom of God Realism? (1940)
Abundant Living (1942) (devotional)
How to Pray (1943)
The Christ of the American Road (1944)
The Way (1946) (devotional)
Mahatma Gandhi: An Interpretation (1948); 2nd ed. : Gandhi – Portrayal of a Friend (Abingdon, 1993)
The Way to Power and Poise (1949) (devotional)
How to be a Transformed Person (1951) (devotional)
Growing Spiritually (1953) (devotional)
Mastery (1953) (devotional)
Christian Maturity (1957) (devotional)
Conversion (1959)
In Christ (1961) (devotional)
The Word Became Flesh (1963) (devotional)
Victory Through Surrender (1966)
Song of Ascents (1968) (autobiography)
The Unshakable Kingdom and the Unchanging Person (1972)
The Reconstruction of the Church – On what Pattern? (1970)
The Divine Yes (1975) (posthumously)
Compilations:
Sayings of E Stanley Jones – A Treasury of Wisdom and Wit (1994)
Compiled and edited by Whitney J Dough
Selections from E Stanley Jones – Christ and Human Need (1971?)
Compiled by Eunice Jones Mathews and James K Mathews
External links
Secondary Sources
The Missionary of the Indian Road (Bangalore, Theological Book Trust, 1996)
by Paul A. J. Martin, (Based on a Cambridge University Thesis. )
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