"On the Journey Home": the History of Mission of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, 1946-1968.(Book Review)

Church History | March 1, 2005| | Copyright

"On the Journey Home": The History of Mission of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, 1946-1968. By J. Steven O'Malley. United Methodist Church History of Mission Series. New York: General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 2003. xiv + 285 pp. Appendices, notes, select bibliography. $21.95 cloth; $14.95 paper.

An inevitable nostalgia surrounds Steven O'Malley's tribute to what began as one of many German-language pietist groups in a now vanished rural North America. Doctoral students will thank him for helping them keep straight the distinctions ...

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