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A Missionary Calling: Will God So Honor Me?

June 4, 2014

Mary Parke Thompson and her husband David Thompson served as missionaries to Japan for over five decades—from the 1860s into the 1920s. The Presbyterian Historical Society received their personal papers in 2011, a collection that contains a wealth of information about Presbyterian mission work in Japan, including Mary’s seven handwritten diaries. PHS volunteer Sue Althouse, herself a retired missionary to Japan, has been processing the Thompson Papers, and she has chosen excerpts from Mary’s diaries to share with our readers.

Mary Calhoun Parke was born...

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Christmas in the Mission Field

December 16, 2013

American Presbyterians have been celebrating Christmas in the mission field since at least 1802, when the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA) passed formal resolutions committing itself to spreading the good news among Indian Tribes and new settlers in North America. The PCUSA would go on to become the first Protestant denomination to organize a missions committee at a national level and, building on that success, the larger Board of Missions and the Board of Foreign Missions (today known as the ...

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Nanking and the Presbyterian Helpers

May 14, 2013

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ---Fred Rogers

Ginling College refugees in gymnasium

It has been called the great forgotten tragedy of the Twentieth Century. In December 1937...

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Jean Kenyon Mackenzie and the "Tribe of God"

March 11, 2013

As we celebrate the contributions of women to our history this month, we recognize the ministry of African missionary and author Jean Kenyon Mackenzie. Mackenzie believed that all those who followed Christ were, in her own words, part of the “tribe of God” who shared a common humanity, heard the same voice, struggled toward the same ends, and rejoiced with the movements of the soul.

Mackenzie’s life...

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Thompson Papers Chronicle Family's Life in 19th Century Japan

February 11, 2013

Dr. David Thompson and his students in 1871.  

PHS volunteer Sue Althouse is currently processing the David D. Thompson family papers.  Sue, a retired missionary who served in Japan, draws on her field experience and knowledge of the Japanese language to arrange and describe the correspondence, diaries, sermons, and photographs...

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Mission History, Japan, Mary Parke Thompson
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