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Reidhead was born in a Minnesota farming community in 1919. When in his late teens, he committed himself to a life of Christian service. In 1945, Reidhead took an assignment with the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), surveying and analyzing indigenous languages in preparation for evangelistic and educational efforts near the Sudan - Ethiopia border ...
SIM is an international, interdenominational Evangelical Christian mission organization. It was established in 1893 by its three founders, Walter Gowans and Rowland Bingham of Canada and Thomas Kent of the United States. The initials originally stood for " Soudan Interior Mission ," Soudan being an older spelling of the Sudan region of West Africa.
John the Apostle[ 12] ( Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes[ 13] c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, [ 14] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle ...
t. e. The Gospel of John[ a] ( Ancient Greek: Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, romanized : Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the New Testament 's four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...
Nicodemus seeks Jesus by night by Alexandre Bida (1875) Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus is related in John 3:1–21, [1] but not in the synoptic gospels. [2] For fear of the Jewish authorities a ruler in Israel, Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, comes by night to see Jesus. Jesus explains to him that to enter the Kingdom of God, he must be born ...
Letha Dawson Scanzoni. Letha Dawson Scanzoni, (October 9, 1935 - January 9, 2024) [1] was an American independent scholar, writer, and freelance editor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [2] she authored or coauthored nine books, [3] the most well-known of which are All We're Meant to Be and Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?
Makuria ( Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία, romanized : Makouria; Arabic: المقرة, romanized : al-Muqurra) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: Tungul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, and the kingdom is sometimes known by the name ...
Christianity in Sudan has a long and rich history, dating back to the early centuries of the Christian era. [ 1] Ancient Nubia was reached by Coptic Christianity by the 1st century. The Coptic Church was later influenced by Greek Christianity, particularly during the Byzantine era. From the 7th century, the Christian Nubian kingdoms were ...