%PDF-1.4 % 1 0 obj << /Title (Guide to the Border Service Department of the Church of Christ in China Records) /Author (Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley) /Subject (The records provide valuable documentation of an indigenous program of the church in China during the years 1939 to 1950. The correspondence and writings of Archie R. Crouch, English-language secretary of the Department, 1944-1946, provide interesting insight into the experiences of a Western missionary serving under Chinese leadership. The Border Service Department was the first missionary outreach effort of the Chinese Church. The peoples among whom the Border Service Department worked were known as the Kiang or Ch'iang, Chiarong or Gia-rung, Lolos or Nosus, and Miaos. Fields of work were western Sichuan \(Szechuan\) \(Lifan\), Sikong and Yunnan.) /Keywords (Yale Divinity Library, RG 17) /Creator (Apache FOP 2.6) /Producer (Apache FOP Version 2.6) /CreationDate (D:20240328180020-04'00') >> endobj 2 0 obj << /N 3 /Length 3 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream xgPTY{ MI$$A@wiAQdpFI AFQŀ((N#2"**K٭U[gxsOs[1M:1C H( JN !c sϑ>qyvy%. ʱlN2kwr4;- 8=%1 {iW-o!o\Vk ZkL0+ tj +|iA/o3`?(Of+yS/T7orL@ʿr` QWN = t8@W) Xo9 Ȁ