"Ostindischer General-Konferenz Ausschuss. Südmahratta. 1880 / Letters and Reports from India. General Conference Executive Committee and Northern Karnataka."

This volume is made up of the following sections: General Conference Executive Committee (21 documents); Field Chairman (12); Field Treasurer (11); District Executive Committee South Mahratta (5); District Conference South Mahratta (7); District Synod South Mahratta (6); Dharwad (6); Hubli (8); [Gadag] Betgeri (11); Guledagudda (16). Selection of interesting documents based on a reading of the captions in the section indexes: David Pinita requests restorationof his former status as catechist (General Conference Executive Committee documents 8, 10 & 11); discussion of a petition from an ex-catechist, H. Roberts (General Conference Executive Committee 17-19); ex-catechist Paul Badawa asks for re-employment (South Mahratta Executive Committee document 55) Letter of condolence to the Mission Committee in Stuttgart on the death of Prelate Kapff (General Conference Executive Committee 24 & 25). District Conference minutes South Mahratta, 2. April (District Executive Committee South Marhatta, documents 51-57). Main themes: organisation of food for boarding school pupils; how to increase the recruitment of Indian travelling preachers and evangelists; starting a tile-works in South Mahratta. District Synod minutes South Mahratta, 3rd April, (District Executive Committee South Mahratta, documents 58-62). Main themes: how to increase financial self-sufficiency in the congregations; how to increase Indian participation in evangelisation. Includes translated scripts of lectures by Salomo Bhaskar (document 60) and Jared Soens (document 62). Hindu festival in Dharwad (Dharwad 65); in Hampi (Hubli 82 & [Gadag] Betgeri 94); Hindu widows (Dharwad 66); Visits in Hebsur (Hubli 81 and 82); New chapel in Unakallu (Hubli 84), Schagoti (Bettigeri 96), Guledagudda (Guledagudda 104) The well in Mushtigeri: request for approval of expenditure over budget (Guledagudda 100); the congregation in Mushtigeri (Guledagudda 110) Experiences in evangelisation and Hindu resistance (Guledagudda 105); a preaching journey inter al to a village of sheep-herders and to Kerur (Guledagudda 108)

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