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Social Connections

A 25-year-old Ralph Winter writes to Mrs. Crooks about having wanted to invite her daughter to an evangelistic meeting in Michigan, where she lives, but he could not track down the correct apartment address nor…

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Beyond the Denominations

This letter is from John E. Kyle, Coordinator of the Presbyterian Church in America's Mission to the World. He has been encouraging mission people in various Presbyterian churches to attend a worthwhile National…

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Visiting Preacher of Missions

Ralph Winter was occasionally invited to preach sermons in churches who knew about him and his passion for missions. St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Lomita, California was one such church where he was invited to speak…

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The Question of Succession

Reuben Swanson and Ralph Winter collaborated on writing projects, the subject of which were the Greek New Testament books, over the years. In this letter to Winter, Swanson is wondering after the future of the current…

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A Fan of Ralph Winter!

David Bryant with Inter-Varsity Missions sends this "fan mail" letter to Winter because he desires to communicate how much Winter has impacted his spirituality and ministry, beyond matters of strategy and statistics. An…

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Fascinating Ethics Paper

A young 30-year-old Winter receives three short letters, one from William Smalley and two from Eugene Nida, complimenting him on an Ethics paper he wrote for a class at Princeton Seminary in New Jersey, of which they…

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The Legacy of an Ancestor

L.J. Joshi writes to Winter to thank him for a letter he sent that shows his humility and willingness to see from different perspectives. He next shares with him about his great-grandfather, an unlikely Hindu Brahmin…

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Procedures and Plans

There is a case having to do with church funds, a woman and race about which Winter writes to a pastor named Benjamin Paroulek, stating that his Committee on Church Support agrees with the decision made by the General…

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Missiological Influencers

Winter receives this letter from Dr. Robert Gallagher of the Wheaton College Graduate School, in which Gallagher mentions he is looking for missiological articles and chapters from the last six decades that have changed…

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Mennonite Mission Interest

David Miller, President of the Conservative Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, writes to Winter asking if he will present at their annual meeting the following year. One day is dedicated to various aspects of…

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