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16th. Century monastery near Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1960s
25th anniversary, Malua Theological College
25th anniversary, Malua Theological College
25th anniversary, Malua Theological College
After church in Papeete, Tahiti
After church in Tomohon, Minahasa, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Batak churches of Balige. Smaller is women’s church, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Batak country + villages, North Sumatra, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Batak village near Balige, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Bay of Matavai where 1st missionaries landed, Papeete, Tahiti
Before Sunday school, near Lautoka, Fiji
Bishop K. H. Ting, Nanjing, China, 1986
Bishop’s Palace, Lima, Peru
Block house from 1890s rebellion, New Caledonia
Brudenholf boys in Uruguay, 1960
Brudenholf land and house, Uruguay 1960
Caenwood Seminary students, Kingston ,Jamaica,1960
Caenwood Seminary students, Kingston, Jamaica, 1960
Cakes presented by student wives Methodist Seminary, Samoa
Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico, 1960s
Catholic Cathedral, Beijing, China, 1986
Center church, Ambon, Indonesia , 1972
Century monastery near Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1960s
Chief leaders of Zhejiang Church, China, 1986
Church built by Japanese, Pohnpei, Micronesia
Church built by Schall, Beijing, China, 1986
Church Conference members at Bogota school, Colombia 1969
Church decorated with flowers + birds south of Oaxaca. Mexico, 1964
Church festival, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1960s
Church festival, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1960s
Church festival, Coyoacan, Mexico, 1960s
Church leaders, Jamaica, 1960
Church of first Christian ruler of Fiji
Church of San Francisco, Lima, Peru
Church service, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 1967
Church where independence was proclaimed, Dolores Hidelgo. Mexico, 1960s
Church Women, Truk, Micronesia
Church youth program at Rarotonga, Cook Islands 1985
Conference session, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu, Fiji, 1971
Converted wartime warehouse, Honiara Cathedral Anglican Solomon Islands, 1967
Council house restored, Fiji
Coyoacan church decorated for festival, Mexico, 1960s
Coyoacan Church festival, Mexico, 1960s
Crew of “Southern Cross” leaving Honiaia, Solomon Islands
Crowd at opening of basilica, Tarawa, Kiribati, 1984
Dance, Anglican seminary of Melanesian Mission, Siota, Solomon Islands, 1967
Dances to Aztec goddess Tonantzin at Guadalupe. Mexico, 1960
Dances to Tonantzin at Guadalupe, Mexico, 1960s
Dancing group at opening ceremonies, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Dancing group for Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Dancing group for Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Davuilevu Methodist Theological Seminary Fiji
Dedication of group church house on Moorea, Tahiti
Departure for Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Discussion with Kohimarama faculty, Anglican Seminary of Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Dorm at Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Dormitory assistants at Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Dressing for opening ceremony Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Elders of Paara church, Tahiti
Entrance to home of Taiping general, Nanjing, China, 1986
Faculty at Tangintebu Theological School, Kiribati, 1984
Fiji police band at opening ceremony of Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
First Grade, Methodist Village School, Fiji
Flute orchestra of theological school, Ambon, Indonesia, 1972
Former teacher, head teacher in Fiji
Free Church, Free Wesleyan Church, and Church of Tonga in a village, Tonga, ca. 1984
Funafuti church, Tuvalu, 1984
General building and new dormitory, Nanjing Seminary, Nanjing, China, 1986
Girls at Protestant Foyer, Papeete, Tahiti 1967
Gordon Ruud and Arne Sovik at Mavahra, Madagascar, 1958.
Gordon Ruud and Arne Sovik at Mavahra, Madagascar, 1958.
Grave of Chas. Fox at headquarters of Melanesian Brotherhood, Kohimarama, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Guests at Piula Methodist Seminary graduation feast, Samoa
Hangzhou Seminary students live 12 to a room upstairs, classes downstairs, China, 1986
Hawaiian early mission house and church, Hawaii
Head of Deaconesses of Fiji Methodist Church, 1985
Head of Malua Theological College, Samoa
Head of Melanesian brotherhood. Landing barge behind from wartime Suadal canal, Solomon Islands, 1967
Headquarters of Shaanxi Three-Self Movement, built in 1980s, China, 1986
Headquarters of Huria Kristen Batak Protestan church, Indonesia
House of one of Lifou’s 3 high chiefs, Loyalty Islands, ca. 1984
Housing, Papauta College, Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
In front of Sao Leopoldo Seminary with Lutheran leaders, Brazil 1960
Inside high chief’s house Lifou, Loyalty Islands, ca. 1984
Inside new church, Nanjing suburb, China, 1986
Interior, Nauru 1984
Jesuit Missions, Technical School, Pohnpei, Micronesia
John William in Tarawa lagoon LMS ship, Gilbert Islands, 1967
John Williams’ landing place, Savaii, Samoa
Knight and Pacific Theological College with new chapel, Knight was first head of PTC
Kohimarama campus from classroom, Anglican seminary, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Kohimarama campus, Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 1984
Kohimarama class building campus, Anglican Seminary of Solomon Islands
Latter Day Saints Church, Tonga, ca. 1984
Lay training center of East Java Church, Indonesa, 1959
Leader of old Protestant Church of Madagascar, 1958
Leader of old Protestant Church of Madagascar, 1958
Leaving church in Tananarive DMS Church, Madagascar 1958
Lima Cathedral, Peru
LMS Church leaders, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1958
LMS Church leaders, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1958
LMS church, American Samoa, 1961
LMS Pastors, Gilbert Islands 1967
Logan Memorial Church, Truk, Micronesia
Main street, Methodist Churc, Apia, Samoa 1967
Majuro National Museum and Jude Sawson’s Church, Marshall Islands
Makassar seminary students from all East Indonesia, Indonesia
Malua Theological College PCC 25th Anniversary Celebration, Samoa 1986
Malua Theological College, Samoa
Marshall Islands Theological College, Marshall Islands
Martyrs memorial church and cliff over which Christians were thrown before conversion of Madagascar, 1958
Martyrs memorial church and Queen’s palace, Madagascar , 1958
Matanzas from the Seminary, Cuba, 1960
Matanzas Seminary (Presbyterian) chapel, Cuba, 1960
Materials to be taken to hospital of Melanesian Mission, Solomon Islands 1967
Melanesian Brothers headquarters, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Melanesian Brothers in front with their Honiara house, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Member of band, Head of Pacific Theol. College at Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Men’s ceremony at conference opening, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Men’s ceremony at conference opening, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Men’s ceremony, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Mennonite Seminary students, Montevideo, Uruguay, ca. 1960
Ming garden at home of Taiping General, Nanjing, China, 1986
Ming period pool at home of Taiping general, Nanjing, China, 1986
Mining, Nauru, 1984
Mission house Nuku-alofa built in 1890’s, Tonga
Mission House, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, ca. 1985
Monastery at Yanhuitlan, Mexico, 1960s
Monastery at Yanhuitlan, Mexico, 1960s
Monastery at Yanhuitlan, Mexico, 1960s
Monument at landing point of first missionaries in Tonga erected at time of Centennial, Tonga, ca. 1984
Nanjing Seminary. Class building, Nanjing, China 1986
New Church in industrial suburb built by local people, Nanjing, China, 1986
New Church, Kolonia Pohnpei, Micronesai
Octogenarian leader in Shaanxi , teacher of church history in Shaanxi seminary, China, 1986
Ohwa School built by Japanese mission in 1930s, Pohnpei, Micronesia
Ohwa School of Congregational (UCC) Church, Pohnpei, Micronesia
Old congregational church, now R. Catholic with MPF Church in background, Madagascar 1958
Old LMS mission house, Lifou, Loyalty Islands
Old Protestant Church, Makassar, Indonesia
Opening presentation, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Pacific Conference of Churches Center, Suva, Fiji
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Pacific Conference of Churches General Secretary, PCC headquarters, Davuilevu, Fiji, 1971
Pacific Theological College campus, Suva, Fiji 1985
Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji Tuwere, principal 1985
Papauta College, Samoa, 1986
Papauta College, Samoa, 1986
Papauta College, Samoa, 1986
Papauta College, Samoa, 1986
Pastor and chiefs of Taga, Savaii, Samoa
Pastor and Mrs. Enosa Losofaga, Samoa
Pastor of Bikivi people on Kili, Marshall Islands
Pastor of village near Malua, Samoa
Pastor’s house andchurch at village near Malua, Samoa, 1961
Pastor’s house, Truk, Micronesia, 1987
Pastor’s new house, Taga, Savaii, Samoa
Pastors, Truk, Micronesia
Paton Memorial Church, Vanuatu 1984
Piula band, Methodist Seminary, Samoa
Piula Methodist Seminary, Samoa, 1967
Piula Methodist Seminary, Samoa, ca. 1967
Police band of Suva, parade at conference, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Preparation for opening ceremony for Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Presbyterian boys school in Baranquilla, Colombia 1966
Presbyterian Church in village near Oaxaca, Mexico, 1960s
Presentation of whale tooth in apology for killing of Baker, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Protestant Church, Jakarta, Indonesia
Protestant seminary, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1958
Puebla area decorated church, Mexico, 1960s
Puerto Rico Seminary with President, Council of Churches officers, Puerto Rico, 1960
Pulpit at new church, Nanjing. Pastor is retired engineer in local factory, Nanjing, China, 1986
Pulpit in Funafuti 5 Star Church, Tuvalu, 1984
Queen St. Baptist. Kingston, Jamaica 1960
Return from Ban, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Return from Ban, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Return from Rongrong in “Yes we can”, the school boat which was the only contact with the world, Marshall Islands
Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds and their boat, Truk, Micronesia
Rev. Reynold’s church, school and basketball court, Truk, Micronesia
Rongrong School of Marshall Islands Church, Marshall Islands
Rufus David and wife, head of Congregational (UCC) Church of Pohnpei, Micronesia
Ruins and new church, Lifou, Loyalty Islands, 1984
Saichi Reynold’s New Church, Truk, Micronesia
Samoa shoreline, village, Congregational Church, Malua, Samoa
San Jose mission, Mexico, 1960s
Sao Leopoldo R. C. Seminary near landing of first settling, Brazil 1960
Sao Leopoldo seminary students, Lutheran Seminary, Brazil, 1960
Savaii Church, Fusi, Savaii, Samoa
Schall or Verbiest’s observatory on main street of Beijing, China, ca. 1986
Second building at home of Taiping general. Nanjing, 1986
Seminary students, Solomon Islands, 1967
Solomon’s dance, Anglican Seminary students, Siota, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
Solomon’s dance, Anglican seminary students, Siota, Solomon Islands, 1967
Solomon’s dance, Anglican Seminary, Siota, Solomon Islands, 1967
Solomon’s dance, Anglican Seminary, Siota, Solomon Islands, 1967,
Solomon’s dance, Anglican Seminary, Siota, Solomon Islands, ca. 1984
St. Francisco de la Eslada mission, Mexico, 1960s
State Lt. Governor, an ordained minister, Pohnpei, Micronesia
Statue of Las Casas , Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico, 1960s
Student houses at Bethanie, Lifou, Loyalty Islands 1984
Student houses, Sia'atoutai Seminary, Tonga 1984
Student’s houses, Piula Methodist Seminary, Samoa, ca. 1967
Students at Bethani,, Lifou seminary, Loyalty Islands, ca. 1984
Students at Methodist Seminary, Davuilevu, Fiji, 1959
Students at Presbyterian Seminary, New Hebrides
Students in front of seminary dormitory built 1880’s, Ambon, Indonesia, 1972
Students of Piula Theological College,Samoa
Sunday morning, Sia'atoutai Seminary students and their families, Tonga, ca. 1984
Suva dancers, Fiji Methodist women
Suva dancers, Methodist women, Fiji Dudley School in rear
Takamoa College Seminary, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, ca 1985
Tea time, Pacific Conference of Churches Fifth Assembly, Samoa, 1986
Teacher’s house in village, New Caledonia
The “Southern Cross” about to start on bishop’s final tour of Eastern Islands, Solomon Islands, 1967
Tomb with Lake Toba in background, North Sumatra, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Tombs of Ricci, Schall, and Verbiest tombs, Beijing, China, ca. 1986
Tomohon seminary staff, Minahasa, Indonesia, ca. 1972
Two of Nauru delegation, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Two Xian pastors, China, 1986
View from church looking toward Ovalau, Fiji, Historic island for Methodists
View from Perchalt’s monastery, Hong Kong, 1986
Village center with monument to missionaries, Fiji, 1959
Village chief and missionary, Fiji
Village house near Malua, Samoa
Village house, Lifou, Loyalty Islands
Village Sunday School near Lautoka, Fiji, 1967
Villagers en route to Reformation Day (locally Luther Day), Ambon, Indonesia, 1972
Villagers en route to Reformation Day (locally Luther Day), Ambon, Indonesia, 1972
Visiting singing group, Pacific Conference of Churches Second Assembly, Davuilevu Fiji, 1971
Women en route to Reformation day service, Ambon, Indonesia, 1972
Xian pastor; church built with local funds 1920s, China, 1986

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