TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Nancy
AU  - Deiros,Pablo Alberto
AU  - Thomas,Harold R.
TI  - A long walk, a gradual ascent: the story of the Bolivian Friends Church in its context of conflict 
T2  - American Society of Missiology series
SN  - 9781532679773
AV  - BX7672.B5 T56 2019eb
U1  - 289.6/84 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Eugene, OR
PB  - Wipf & Stock
KW  - Bolivian Friends Church
KW  - History
KW  - Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church
KW  - fast
KW  - Society of Friends
KW  - Missions
KW  - Bolivia
KW  - Aymara Indians
KW  - Société des Amis
KW  - Bolivie
KW  - Aymara
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Ministry
KW  - Christian Church
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Amacari, Abel, and Ayllón -- 2. From the high plains of Bolivia / Harold R. Thomas -- 3. A church is born -- 4. Inner turmoil -- 5. The organization of the National Church in a context of revolution -- 6. Struggle for stability -- 7. New initiatives of church and mission -- 8. Broadening contacts and perspectives -- 9. Redefining the structure -- 10. The post-mission years -- 11. Faithfulness through the generations -- 12. Higher, ever higher
N2  - A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent tells the one-hundred-year story of the develpment of the friends Church (INELA) among the Aymara peoples of the Bolivian Andes. It stretches from the beginnings of the INELA on the shores of Lake Titicaca around 1915 until the present time (2017), along with the story of the Oregon Friends Mission that accompanied the church for seventy-two years. Today the INELA spreads over fifteen districts with some two hundred congregations. The church is still predominately Aymara. The book considers the influence of history and culture on each phase of the church's development, exploring the complexity of planting a "peace church" such as the Quakers in a setting of so much conflict. The book also explores the missiological significance of the changing relationship between church and mission, and wrestles with denominational emphases and how they impacted the expression of an indigenous Aymara church. --
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