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- Title
- Ceylon Methodists celebrate anniversary.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31527 CEYLON METHODISTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY COLOMBO, Ceylon -- Over 1,000 people crowded into Kollupitiya Methodist church in Colombo, Ceylon, during a week-long preaching mission held in connection with Jubilee celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Methodist missionaries in Ceylon. Preaching (top photo) from a temporary pulpit is Dr. Akbar Abdul Haqq, a Methodist minister from North India who now is with the Billy Graham organization. Taking part in the mission were (bottom photo, left to right) the Rev. George E. Good, superintendent of the Colombo South Circuit of the Methodist Church in Ceylon, which organized the mission; the Rev. Samuel Kamalesan, Methodist minister from Madras, India; Dr. Haqq; and B.E. Fernando, layman who was secretary of the preaching mission. The anniversary celebrations, launched in June, coincided with the granting of autonomy to the Ceylon Methodist Church by the British Methodist Conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KJS-CC-8E-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Somanader, Kenneth J. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Kollupitiya Methodist Church (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Good, George E., Kamalesan, Samuel., Abdul Haqq, Akbar., Fernando, B. E.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Anniversaries., Methodist Church--Missions--Sri Lanka--Colombo., Methodist Church--Clergy., Clergy--Sri Lanka--Colombo.
- Geographic subjects
- Sri Lanka, Colombo., Sri Lanka, Colombo., Colombo (Sri Lanka), Asia--Sri Lanka--Western--Colombo
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31527; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-31527b
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:349165
- Title
- The Haqq Mission in Ceylon.
- Description
- Alternate caption.
- Creator Name(s)
- Somanader, Kenneth J. (author)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Kollupitiya Methodist Church (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Good, George E., Abdul Haqq, Akbar., Kamalesan, Samuel., Billy Graham Evangelistic Association., Fernando, B. E.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Anniversaries., Methodist Church--Missions--Sri Lanka--Colombo., Methodist Church--Clergy., Clergy--Sri Lanka--Colombo.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31527; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-31527_02
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:349366
- Title
- Ceylon Methodists celebrate anniversary.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31527 CEYLON METHODISTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY COLOMBO, Ceylon -- Over 1,000 people crowded into Kollupitiya Methodist church in Colombo, Ceylon, during a week-long preaching mission held in connection with Jubilee celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Methodist missionaries in Ceylon. Preaching (top photo) from a temporary pulpit is Dr. Akbar Abdul Haqq, a Methodist minister from North India who now is with the Billy Graham organization. Taking part in the mission were (bottom photo, left to right) the Rev. George E. Good, superintendent of the Colombo South Circuit of the Methodist Church in Ceylon, which organized the mission; the Rev. Samuel Kamalesan, Methodist minister from Madras, India; Dr. Haqq; and B.E. Fernando, layman who was secretary of the preaching mission. The anniversary celebrations, launched in June, coincided with the granting of autonomy to the Ceylon Methodist Church by the British Methodist Conference. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KJS-CC-8E-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Somanader, Kenneth J. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Kollupitiya Methodist Church (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Abdul Haqq, Akbar., Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Anniversaries., Methodist Church--Missions--Sri Lanka--Colombo., Methodist Church--Clergy., Clergy--Sri Lanka--Colombo., Methodist preaching--Sri Lanka--Colombo.
- Geographic subjects
- Sri Lanka, Colombo., Sri Lanka, Colombo., Sri Lanka, Colombo., Colombo (Sri Lanka), Asia--Sri Lanka--Western--Colombo
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31527; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-31527a
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:349164
