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Earthen Vessels: American Evangelicals and Foreign Missions, 1880-1980

Contrary to popular impressions, the days of the missionary are far from over. North American churches send more missionaries than ever before, and 90 percent of them are evangelicals who are not affiliated with the "mainline" Protestant mission boards.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 350 pages

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