Emma Stone Poteet Pilley and Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Missions to Asia
This article explores the life and ministry of Emma Stone Poteet Pilley in her own words through her letters home. Pilley was a missionary with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in both Japan and China in the early twentieth century. The article considers her life before and during her time as...
| Published in: | Methodist history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State University Press
2023
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Methodist history
Year: 2023, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-21 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia KDG Free church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
"Methodist Episcopal Church"
B south B China B Japan B Missions |
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| Summary: | This article explores the life and ministry of Emma Stone Poteet Pilley in her own words through her letters home. Pilley was a missionary with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in both Japan and China in the early twentieth century. The article considers her life before and during her time as a missionary, her possible reasons for entering the mission field, and her various experiences of life in two different countries far from her small, rural Texas upbringing. |
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| ISSN: | 2769-3244 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Methodist history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/methodisthist.61.1.0013 |