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Theresia Muchere interview 1 of 2

Description:: Theresia Muchere was a Kenyan Baptist missionary. The interview begins with Muchere describing her early life at the end of the colonial era in Kenya, and she gives her story of how she joined the Baptist church in Nairobi (0:00:00-0:13:45). Muchere describes the market next to the Baptist Center, and she describes an incident that God used to help the Baptist Center become self-sustaining (0:13:46-0:19:37). Muchere describes her role in the church as a teacher and a deaconess, and she speaks about the church’s plan to partner with existing churches to plant new churches (0:19:38-0:27:08). Muchere speaks about the struggle for people to give in the church, and she speaks about the church’s work through primary schools in the nearby city of Mombasa (0:27:09-0:37:41). Muchere says her involvement specifically with Southern Baptist work has been minimal but was an active member of one of their churches, and she describes her work with women in her church (0:37:42-0:52:30). Muchere talks about the leadership of the churches and how they came to their positions, and she defines the difference between the church and the mission (0:52:31-0:59:40). Muchere describes the process of training and communication with the mission in planting a new church, and she believes the mission has achieved its target purpose (0:59:41-1:03:29). Muchere speaks about the growth of the church to every part of Kenya, but she believes a weakness can occur when the church forgets whom they serve (1:03:30-1:10:55). The first part of the interview ends with Muchere talking about the areas in Kenya where work still needs to be done (1:10:56-1:14:59).
Subject:: Church work with teenagers, Evangelistic work, Church work with women, and Missions--Kenya
Creator:: Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Language:: English
Date Created:: April 20, 2004
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 1 of 2

Robin Hadaway interview

Description:: Robin Hadaway was Associate Professor of Missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The interview begins with Hadaway giving the background of his life in ministry and his work with the International Missions Board (00:00-05:10). Hadaway talks about how the change of the Baptist Faith and Message effected the protocol in the IMB, and he shares a few stories about how the changes were received on the mission field (05:11-10:41). Hadaway says that he desired more theological assurance from his missionaries, and he talks about missionaries that left the IMB when the Conservative Resurgence occurred and when the BF&M was updated (10:42-16:51). He states that the main reasons some of his missionaries left the IMB was because they felt that the changes were put into effect without their personal input, and some left because that did not agree with the changes regarding women in ministry (16:52-18:59). Hadaway speaks about Ida Mae Hayes being ordained by her church in Brazil, and he feels mad about the situation because she lied to the IMB and is now pastoring in North Carolina (19:00-29:03). He makes a clarification that Ida Mae Hayes had no authority over pastors in her role as a director of missions in Brazil (29:04-32:09). In the final question of the interview, Hadaway says that he wants the IMB needs to put in place more perimeters regarding single women on the mission field, and he clarifies the statement given by the IMB on Ida Mae Hayes’ retirement (32:10-36:12).
Subject:: Missions, Women in church work--Southern Baptist Convention, and Ordination of women
Creator:: Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Language:: English
Date Created:: May 14, 2004
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: Robin Hadaway 14May04_orig_1_1

James McAtee interview

Description:: James McAtee was a missionary in Indonesia and Myanmar for the International Mission Board. McAtee begins the interview by giving a summary of his call to ministry, and he discusses his time as a missionary in Indonesia (0:00:00-0:16:30). McAtee speaks on the three men who led the International Mission Board during his tenure in Indonesia, and he briefly discusses the differences of each of their mission strategies (0:16:31-0:26:48). McAtee discusses in detail the strategies forged by Presidents Parks and Rankin of putting missionaries in unreached and closed countries, and he says because of this strategy he was able to do mission work in Myanmar and Indonesia (0:26:49-0:34:30). McAtee moves to specifically focus on the strategy the IMB used in Myanmar, and this strategy includes translating the Bible into the native languages and placing churches and biblical materials in unreached areas of the country (0:34:31-0:45:30). McAtee describes the relationship the IMB currently has with the national church of Myanmar (0:45:31-0:51:05). McAtee speaks on the future of evangelism in Myanmar, and he is excited about the prospect of every tribe being reached but knows that there are currently some barriers preventing that reality (0:51:06-0:59:18). The interview ends with McAtee giving a word to seminary students on the prospect of serving the Lord oversees (0:59:19-1:05:14).
Subject:: Missions, Strategy, and Church and international organization
Creator:: Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Language:: English
Date Created:: April 23, 2004
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: James McAtee 23Apr04_orig_1_1