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Indian Children\'s Missionary Stories - Teacher\'s Manual
Navajo Missions, Inc., Undated, 24 pages (not numbered)
Staple-bound small format softcover. Slight shelf wear and age. No markings found. Photos are of the actual item for sale and show a sample of pages.This booklet has simple black-and-white illustrations and short Christian lesson stories written for children. It includes missionary stories along with teacher background material about the Navajos and a section describing the ministries of Navajo Missions. The language and perspective reflect its time and missionary purpose, including dated terminology and cultural assumptions, which may make it of interest as a piece of religious education history as well as Native American mission-related ephemera. A good buy for collectors of vintage Sunday school materials, missionary publications, Navajo mission history, or small press religious booklets from the American Southwest.
Stories include:
- The Story of the Lost Sheep
- An Indian Boy Saved
- A Tribal Brother
- An Indian Gives to Jesus
Teachers\' Background Material Includes:
- Description of a Hogan
- The Navajos
- Our Ministry: Christian Home for Motherless and Orphaned Children
- An Iron Missionary
Navajo Missions Inc., ministry to Navajo in northeast Arizona, was founded in 1984 by Gene & Shirley Kennedy. The organization is listed as permanently closed.
