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Baptist Churches in Pre-WWII Imperial Japan

SBC Missionaries with names


Published: Aug. 23, 2020 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025
















































 


SBC Missionary


Life


Japan Service


1


John Hansford Rowe


1976-1929


1906-1929


2


Carrie Hooker Chiles Rowe


1883-1966


1915-1935


3


Ernest Nathan Walne


1867-1936


1892-1935


4


Claudia McCann Walne


1868-1968


1892-1935


5


Charles Kelsey Dozier


1979-1933


1906-1933


6


Maude Burke Dozier


1881-1972


1906-1951


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SBC Missionary


John Hansford Rowe


Carrie Hooker Chiles Rowe


Ernest Nathan Walne


Claudia McCann Walne


Charles Kelsey Dozier


Maude Burke Dozier

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Baptist Churches in Pre-WWII Imperial Japan
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