Rufus Anderson

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Rufus Anderson

1796–1880

A leading 19th-century American missionary organizer, he spent decades shaping how Protestant missions were planned and supported around the world. He also wrote widely on mission strategy, education, and the growth of self-sustaining churches.

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History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume II.

History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume II.

by Rufus Anderson

History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume I.

History of the missions of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the oriental churches, Volume I.

by Rufus Anderson

Memoir of Catharine Brown : $b A Christian Indian of the Cherokee nation

Memoir of Catharine Brown : $b A Christian Indian of the Cherokee nation

by Rufus Anderson

About the author

Born in North Yarmouth, Maine, in 1796, Rufus Anderson was the son of a Congregational minister. He studied at Bowdoin College and Andover Theological Seminary, and after ordination he devoted most of his career to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Anderson became one of the Board's most influential leaders, serving for many years as its corresponding or foreign secretary. In that role he helped oversee missionary work in places including the eastern Mediterranean and India, and he became known for his ideas about developing local churches that could eventually support and govern themselves.

He was also a prolific writer whose books and reports recorded the history and aims of Protestant missions in the 19th century. Anderson died in 1880, but his thinking continued to influence missionary policy long after his lifetime.