Introduction of Christianity to the island people of Yap with special emphasis on the work of the Liebenzell Mission /By Heinz O. Hengstler.

Hengstler, Heinz O,

Introduction of Christianity to the island people of Yap with special emphasis on the work of the Liebenzell Mission /By Heinz O. Hengstler. - 1983. - vi, 146 leaves, bound : maps ; 28 cm.

Typescript (photocopy). Chapter I. General Description of Yap and Her People Chapter II. Development of Missionary Work on Yap Chapter III. The Yap Evangelical Church Chapter IV. The Unfinished Task



Area in the Pacific -- Yap-Size and Location -- Topography and Climate -- People and Population -- Customs and Language -- History of Yap -- Government -- Religion. Catholic Missionary Work -- First Attempts -- Catholic Beginnings on Yap -- Protestant Missionary Work -- The Liebenzell Mission-a Brief Introduction -- The First Protestant Witnesses -- The Liebenzell Mission on Yap. Relationship to Other Protestant Churches in Micronesia -- Relationship to the Roman Catholic Church -- Relationship to the Sects -- Relationship to the Liebenzell Mission -- Leadership Problems -- Indigeneity: How Yapese is the Church? -- Growth. On Yap -- On the Outer Islands.




Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions--Dissertations.


Missions--Micronesia (Federated States)

BV4070 / .I587 1983 BV4070