Stories of Faith & Persecution in Bolivia
Link to SIFAT’s webpage where you can purchase a copy of Benjamin Paredes’ (Benjo’s) book: “My Story”http://www.sifat.orgsifat.org
For Additional pictures, letter written by Murray about missions work, and pamphlets he produced, go to the S2:E9 podcast page
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What happened next was bizarre and cruel. The crowd made these six persons to walk five kilometers through the streets which were lined with people who would beat on them with fists, feet, and sticks. On the pretext of giving them rest, the mob forced these six martyrs to drink decomposing urine, and to re-enter the town.
A brief preview of Season 2 of Weaving the Blanket: Stories of Faith, Sacrifice, Martyrdom and the Emancipation of the Bolivian Methodist Church in Bolivia
See documentation for Episodes 6 & 7
Sources for this Episode: The Mission of the Methodist Church as Part of the History in Bolivia: The Education of the Indigenous” By Gustavo Loza, July 2007. Protestant Christianity in Bolivia: Mission Theory and Practice in Three Mission Churches. The American University, by Wilson Boots, Ph.D., 1971 RESEÑA HISTORICA GENERAL DEL I A LA PAZ […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZS74Z9qlM Multiple excellent stories and videos by BBC at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-12822247
Aquí encontrará las fuentes y recursos utilizados para escribir este episodio: Acceso a la serie de Televisión de Public Broadcast System: “Mankind: The Story of All of Us”, Episodio 8. Cuenta la historia del Cerro Rico y su impacto en el mundo. https://www.amazon.com/Mankind-Story-All-Us/dp/B07FS4VB8N Información acerca de la papa, la moneda Real de Ocho como la […]
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Why would an old gringo write the story of the Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en Bolivia?
The story of Tata Cipriano, the first rural indigenous Methodist in Bolivia and the oppression and opposition he experienced
James Wemberg was the first US missionary to evangelize the indigenous and then was promptly fired for doing it.
My most controversial episode: The early US Methodist missionaries did incredible good, but were captives of their time
A short, 10 minute, episode introducing you to Simon Bolivar who liberated a continent from Spanish rule. But, unfortunately, brought democracy for only the Hispanic/Patron elite
After slavery ended, things didn't get much better. The patrons treated the indigenous as if they were slaves & even spoke openly of eliminating them