Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30535 SLAIN CONGO MISSIONARY'S SISTER AND
FAMILY RESCUED LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- One of two Baptist missionary sisters
died and another was saved from Communist-inspired terrorists in the Kwilu
Province of the Congo. Miss Irene Ferrel of Jerome, Idaho, died when a
poisoned arrow hit her in the face. Her sister, Mrs. Winifred Grings, right,
escaped injury in the nightmarish week. Mrs. Grings, shown here with her
husband, Robert, and children, and Miss Ferrel both were missionaries for
Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio, an independent agency supported by
the General Conference of Regular Baptist Churches. The Grings, together with
three other missionaries at the Iwungu mission station -- 50 miles from the
station where Miss Ferrel died -- were flown by United Nations helicopter to
Leopoldville. The Grings children, left to right, are Becky, 8; Danny, 6; and
Ruth Ann, 11. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topics:
Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353789