1956 new interest in church activities language learning traditional beliefs medical work relationship with Unevangelised Fields Mission and Missionary Aviation Fellowship a new minister from Tonga New interest in church activities By 1956, the work of the Methodist Mission in Tari was becoming well established. The staff team was a strong international group with pastorsContinue reading “19. Progress in Tari, 1956”
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16. Visitors from a wider world, 1955
Workers from New Zealand, Germany and Tonga join the mission team In 1955, the mission team spoke at least six different languages in their homes and tried to learn the languages of the local people as well. They were all a very long way from their homes. For many centuries, perhaps for thousands of years,Continue reading “16. Visitors from a wider world, 1955”
14. A Visitor to Tari: 1954
November 1954 The General Secretary of Methodist Overseas Missions (MOM) in the 1950s was Rev Cecil Gribble. He was very interested and encouraging of the new mission work in the Southern Highlands and began to visit Mendi regularly from 1951. In 1954 he came from Sydney to visit the new work in Tari for theContinue reading “14. A Visitor to Tari: 1954”
