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The 1910 World Missionary Conference, or the Edinburgh Missionary Conference, was held on 14 to 23 June 1910. Some have seen it as both the culmination of nineteenth-century Protestant Christian missions and the formal beginning of the modern Protestant Christian ecumenical movement , after a sequence of interdenominational meetings that can be ...
June – Edinburgh Missionary Conference is held, presided over by Nobel Peace Prize recipient John R. Mott, launching the modern ecumenical movement and the modern missions movement. 6–13 August – First Scottish International Aviation Meeting held at Lanark. [1]
The 1910 World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh, has been seen as the culmination of nineteenth-century Protestant Christian missions. The missionary drive began to decline after the First World War, although the Church of Scotland continued to attach importance to its efforts.
In 1960 the Baháʼís of Edinburgh held an observance of World Religion Day at the Grosvenor Hotel, in Haymarket. [16] The first Spiritual Assembly of Inverness was elected in April 1962. [ 17 ] Gloria Faizi , wife of Abu'l-Qásim Faizi , was the first Baháʼí to visit the outlying islands of Shetland, such as Fetlar , Unst , Yell , Whalsay ...
The History of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1792-1992. London: T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567096142. Stanley, Brian; Ward, Kevin, eds. (2000). The Church Mission Society and World Christianity 1799-1999. Grand Rapids, MI and Surrey: Eerdmans and Curzon Press. ISBN 9781136830969. Stanley, Brian, ed. (2001). Christian Missions and the Enlightenment ...
The World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910 was a turning point in Cheng's career. The international mission movement had begun to recognize the need for "indigenization," that is, for developing native leadership.
D.M. Thornton: a study in missionary ideals and methods (1908) [7] The Reproach of Islam (1909) Echoes From Edinburgh 1910: An Account and Interpretation of the World Missionary Conference (1910) The Verse of Stoning in the Bible and the Qur'an (1910) The Eucharist as Historical Evidence (1910)
A continuation committee was established following the 1910 World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh, which culminated in the creation of the International Missionary Council in 1921 in London. Like the Edinburgh conference, it was created to continue ecumenical efforts towards Christian mission through a series of meetings: [3] 1928 in ...