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Called to be Sent: Essays in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities 1914 - 1964
by Kraybill, Paul N., Editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Scottsdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 1964. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 238 pages with appendixes, illustrated with black and white photo section. Nineteen writers tell the story of the work of the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Salunga, Pennsylvania. Includes chapters on the Biblical basis for missions, the history of the Board and its philosophy, the church at work and personal testamonies. Green cloth binding with tweed design and black titles on spine. Very minor shelf wear, former owner's name and 1964 date with inscription on front free end paper, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Light green illustrated dust jacket is lightly tanned on edge, a little spotted, tiny wrinkles along edges, a bit scuffed on back of jacket, small nick in fold of back cover of jacket, not price clipped.
Measures 5 3/4 x 8 inches.
Measures 5 3/4 x 8 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00502
- Title
- Called to be Sent
- Author
- Kraybill, Paul N., Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated
- Publisher
- Herald Press
- Place of Publication
- Scottsdale, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- religion, Mennonite, missionaries, Africa, home missions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
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