Download or read book Alaska Village Missions written by Jerry Wood and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska Village Missions: The First 50 Years is a story of a man and his family seeking the will of God. Pastor Ray Arno left the small church he pastored in Wisconsin and made his way to the Alaskan frontier. Arno’s original intent was to serve in villages of Alaska, to see the Gospel message spread by whatever means possible. However, God had another plan in mind and would soon being to bring about the construction and birth of a Bible school in Homer, Alaska. Initially, God’s plan seemed to be a great struggle; however, as they patiently continued the work God had called them to, he provided resources, help, and the determination to stay the course. The stories and events that followed would not only stretch his faith and shock him, but they would also indelibly show off the power of the living God. God’s power remains in effect with Alaska Bible Institute, founded in 1965, and its parent organization, Alaska Village Mission, founded in ’64. Our hope in sharing this story is that it may bless, encourage, challenge, and inspire you to respond to the call God has for your life.
Download or read book More Than God Demands written by Anthony Urvina and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, “thoughtful” account of the territorial government’s campaign to convert Alaska Natives and suppress their culture (Alaska History). Near the turn of the twentieth century, the territorial government of Alaska put its support behind a project led by Christian missionaries to convert Alaska Native peoples—and, along the way, bring them into “civilized” American citizenship. Establishing missions in a number of areas inhabited by Alaska Natives, the program was an explicit attempt to erase ten thousand years of Native culture and replace it with Christianity and an American frontier ethic. Anthony Urvina, whose mother was an orphan raised at one of the missions established as part of this program, draws on details from her life in order to present the first full history of this missionary effort. Smoothly combining personal and regional history, he tells the story of his mother’s experience amid a fascinating account of Alaska Native life and of the men and women who came to Alaska to spread the word of Christ, confident in their belief and unable to see the power of the ancient traditions they aimed to supplant
Download or read book Alaska and Missions on the North Pacific Coast written by Sheldon Jackson and published by New York : Dodd, Mead. This book was released on 1880 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pentecostal Holiness written by Jerry Wood and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alaskan Missionary Spirituality written by Michael Oleksa and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of documents illustrating the spirituality of the Alaskan orthodox missionaries. Includes letters of St. Herman, writings of St. Innocent, reports from lesser known parish clergy, and diary excerpts. Introduced by an informative historical essay.
Download or read book The Impact of Christian Missions on Indigenous Cultures written by James Leland Cox and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the research conducted in Alaska from 1982 to 1984 on Christian missions based on the "Christian understanding of the nature of revelation and the meaning of salvation."
Download or read book Facts about Alaska written by Sheldon Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facts about Alaska written by Sheldon Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dayspring on the Kuskokwim written by Anna Buxbaum Schwalbe and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Moravian missions in Alaska from 1885-1950 by an American who served in Quinhagak on Kuskokwin Bay. Contains photographs, drawings and map.
Download or read book A Kindly Providence written by Louis Renner and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and illustrated volume is both a rich history of the Catholic Church in Alaska, and the autobiography of Fr. Louis Renner, S.J., who was a dedicated missionary in Alaska for 40 years. He tells here a compelling story of a full and fascinating life in service of the people and the Church of Alaska amid the incredible natural beauties, challenging elements and vast regions of the Great Land. Beautifully interweaving the history of the people and Church in Alaska, Fr. Renner tells his story of a dedicated missionary priest who loved the people he served. A scholar, a teacher, and always a Jesuit priest, he taught German and Latin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited the Catholic newsletter The Alaskan Shepherd, and ran missions at two different Indian villages on the Yukon River. This pastoral priest became a friend to people in all sectors of Alaskan society. Tony Knows, the governor of Alaska, even presented him with the "Governor's Award for Friend of the Humanities". The outline of Fr. Renner's life is fleshed-out richly in A Kindly Providence. One reviewer writes that "all is there, a clear picture of his life. Renner is a very good writer- technically competent and very interesting. He kept this reader's interest throughout the 500-plus page book. I really wanted to see how it ended." Another writes: "Once I started to read it, I couldn't put it down. I had to finish it." Rich in detail, this book is a wonderful testimony to a model life of a happy priest in the twentieth century. The book is based, not only on Fr. Renner's remarkable memory, but also on his personal diaries and correspondence, on official documents, and on accounts written by him of his unusual adventures during over forty years in Alaska. Substantial quotes from diaries, letters, and official documents give readers a feeling of being actually present at those events in far-off places. The many photographs illustrating the narrative lend an air of immediacy and give us a vicarious experience of the author's personal life.
Download or read book Seventeen Years in Alaska written by Albin Johnson and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swedish missionary Albin Johnson arrived in Alaska just before the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of miles from home and with just two weeks’ worth of English classes under his belt. While he intended to work among the Tlingit tribes of Yakutat, he found himself in a wave of foreign arrivals as migrants poured into Alaska seeking economic opportunities and the chance at a different life. While Johnson came with pious intentions, others imposed Western values and vices, leaving disease and devastation in their wake. Seventeen Years in Alaska is Johnson’s eyewitness account of this tumultuous time. It is a captivating narrative of an ancient people facing rapid change and of the missionaries working to stem a corrupting tide. His journals offer a candid look at the beliefs and lives of missionaries, and they ultimately reveal the profound effect that he and other missionaries had on the Tlingit. Tracing nearly two decades of spiritual hopes and earthbound failures, Johnson’s memoir is a fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing world in one of the most far-flung areas of the globe.
Download or read book Sheldon Jackson written by Robert Laird Stewart and published by New York, Chicago [etc.] F. H. Revell Company [c1908]. This book was released on 1908 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on education in Alaska and the introduction of Siberian reindeer to Alaska.
Download or read book Into the Copper River Valley written by Vincent James Joy and published by Carlton Press Corporation. This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Apostle of Alaska written by John William Arctander and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Duncan, missionary and founder of Tsimshian Indian community of Metlakahtla, Annette Island, southern Alaska. History of community, notes on Tsimshians and their myths.
Download or read book My Alaska Years written by Chester L. Schneider and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orthodoxy and Native Americans written by Barbara Sweetland Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
