The Stone-Campbell Movement resulted from a confluence of several international efforts to restore the life and faith of the first century church in the nineteenth century. The Movement in the twenty-first century claims about five million members around the globe. Illinois played a pivotal role the early years. In 1880 there were more members of the movement in Illinois than in any state in the United States or in any country in the world. We elaborate upon the various religious tributaries involved from the beginning and have depicted churches, leaders, members, educational institutions, books, journals, and organizations in their various and wide-ranging manifestations. Authors of earlier published histories of the Movement in Illinois did not have access to some important primary sources that the authors of this new history have been able to utilize, including correspondence, books, periodicals and ephemera located in libraries, personal collections, historical societies and online. A significant number of these sources have been digitized just for this project. Illinois readers will identify the roots of the Movement in their region and readers elsewhere will recognize insights that impact the total Movement and forces related to their own situation.

The History of the Restoration Movement in Illinois in the 19th Century

History

McMillan, James L.

Olbricht, Thomas. H.

Americas

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The previously untold story of how a remarkable set of lay and professional nurses shaped Church of Christ (COC) missions in southeastern Nigeria. These women's decisions and actions occurred within a broader shift of COC perspectives away from missionary healthcare as incidental volunteer women's work, and toward healthcare missions as a Christian duty. For each being a missionary nurse meant delivering healthcare as part of Christian evangelism. To that end, they executed multiple roles: healer, educator, revolutionary, advocate, goodwill ambassador, protector, administrator, evangelist, role model, fund-raiser, friend, and colleague. We did "everything that needed to be done that there was nobody to do," reflected missionary Nancy Petty RN. This book is a fascinating look at the lives of women who bore great responsibility for Christian mission.-Barbara Mann Wall, RN, PhD, Thomas A. Saunders III Professor in Nursing, University of Virginia School of Nursing Highfield takes the reader on an exciting journey that fills a long-standing void in the literature about the origin of medical missions in Churches of Christ.-Jerry Rushford, PhD, Director of Churches of Christ Heritage Center, Pepperdine University Through informative and rich documentation, Highfield records the actions of women, who opened mission leader's eyes to nursing as an integral part of missionary work.-Dr. Tove Giske PhD, Professor in nursing, VID Specialized University, Norway; President, Nurses Christian Fellowship International As I read this book, I laughed out loud and was moved to tears. I saw missiological principles emerge as missionaries faced a host of worldview challenges. At a personal level this book serves as a powerful testimony for the necessity of a holistic mission that integrates the proclamation of the kingdom with the care for the sick. -Evertt W. Huffard, PhD, Missions Resource Network; Retired Dean/Professor of Missions at Harding School of Theology Dr. Highfield has written a rich, powerful history that has not been told, but strongly deserves to be. She probably knows more about this topic than anyone living today. -Dyron B. Daughrity, PhD, Professor of Religion, Religion & Philosophy Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

A Time to Heal: Missionary Nurses in Churches of Christ, Southeastern Nigeria (1953-1967)

Religion & Spirituality

Highfield, Martha Farrar

Christian Books & Bibles

Contemporary Legal Issues in Africa

Olalekan, Lalude

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

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