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L. Nelson Bell

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1322: 209:. He became its executive editor, commuting regularly to Washington from his home in Montreat and writing "A Layman and His Faith," a regular column in the magazine. With his son-in-law, he was extremely active in trying to mobilize evangelicals to support Richard Nixon against Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy for president in 1960. Bell received seven awards from the conservative 149:
Bell kept a busy schedule as surgical chief and administrative superintendent at the hospital. Although the hospital had a pastor on staff, Bell made the healing of souls a priority in his work, gently explaining the Gospel to his patients. He never minimized the importance of addressing the
180:, 'to do unto others as you want others to do unto you.' In 1947 Bell wrote without irony that he was 'ashamed at the intolerance, the discrimination, and the humiliations which have been heaped on them by the white race' while he defended segregation. … Segregation was kind and Christian. 175:
Paternalistic Journalers professed to love African Americans and to want only the best for them. Integration, the writers insisted, was cruel, and segregation was kind. Thus, social separation was consistent with the
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From 1942 to 1966, the Southern Presbyterian Journal also championed racial segregation. Historian Kenneth Taylor describes this segregationist stance:
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Ingle, H. Larry, Nixon's First Cover-up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President, 2015, pp. 99–100, 102, 105, University of Missouri Press,
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Bell was also the one who suggested to Billy Graham the idea of the periodical that would eventually be named
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Graham, B., Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham, 1997, p.288, HarperCollins Worldwide,
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Bell's biography is entitled, "A Foreign Devil in China: The Story of Dr. L. Nelson Bell," by
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Decision Today – Special Commemorative Issue – Ruth Bell Graham, 2007, p.6
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line of children's magazines, founded in 1981 under the direction of
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spiritual needs of the people as well as their physical needs.
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List of Protestant missionary societies in China (1807–1953)
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FamilySearch: Ancestral File: 76DV-1M (Lemuel Nelson Bell)
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A Foreign Devil in China: The Story of Dr. L. Nelson Bell.
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After Bell's death, and the subsequent founding of the
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First International Congress on World Evangelization
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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New York: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 39. 188:, this publication would eventually evolve into the 1485: 1418: 1329: 1176: 1066: 993: 932: 810: 747: 511: 458: 86: 78: 59: 40: 21: 250:The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary 1096:Journal of the West China Border Research Society 1614:Presbyterian Church in the United States members 409:, Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College. 153:The Bells returned to the United States before 1130: 438: 380:Papers of Lemuel Nelson Bell – Collection 318 8: 213:, Pennsylvania for articles and editorials. 1234:Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization 1137: 1123: 1115: 445: 431: 423: 272:The Billy Graham Museum; Wheaton, Illinois 243: 241: 239: 29: 18: 289: 287: 1082:Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal 418:Slacktivist – "The Sins of the Fathers" 235: 1609:People from Alleghany County, Virginia 503:Protestant missions in China 1807–1953 128:American Southern Presbyterian Mission 1494:Billy Graham Evangelistic Association 1167:Billy Graham Evangelistic Association 7: 924:Reformed Church in the United States 762:American Methodist Episcopal Mission 126:in China from 1916 to 1941 with the 919:Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association 797:Protestant Episcopal Church Mission 211:Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 1619:Presbyterian missionaries in China 1599:American Presbyterian missionaries 142:. They had five children: Rosa, 14: 1089:The Christian Occupation of China 166:The Southern Presbyterian Journal 146:, Lemuel, Virginia, and Clayton. 1320: 940:Bible translations into Chinese 1604:Christian medical missionaries 1103:The West China Missionary News 331:Reformed Perspectives Magazine 186:Presbyterian Church in America 1: 1594:American expatriates in China 325:Tayor, Ken (25 August 2007). 138:Province, 300 miles north of 909:English Presbyterian Mission 890:Peking Union Medical College 453:Protestant missions to China 1545:Southern Baptist Convention 885:West China Union University 865:Fukien Christian University 294:Belz, Joel (16 July 2011). 35:Medical missionary to China 1635: 1584:20th-century Presbyterians 1255:Northwestern Bible College 1241:Los Angeles Crusade (1949) 955:Chinese Christian colleges 897:Methodist Episcopal Church 787:National Christian Council 767:Canadian Methodist Mission 394:(World Wide Publications.) 1318: 1152: 945:Medical missions in China 782:London Missionary Society 28: 1377:Man in the 5th Dimension 1053:Second Sino-Japanese War 914:Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui 875:College of Yale-in-China 719:Elwood Gardner Tewksbury 471:Protestantism in Sichuan 390:Pollock, John Charles. 218:Montreat, North Carolina 159:Montreat, North Carolina 71:Montreat, North Carolina 1220:Florida Bible Institute 792:US Presbyterian Mission 157:in 1941 and retired in 82:Virginia Myers Leftwich 1552:Statue of Billy Graham 1407:Billy: The Early Years 1075:The Chinese Repository 825:University of Shanghai 777:Church Mission Society 684:Issachar Jacox Roberts 466:Protestantism in China 248:Shavit, David (1990). 182: 164:In 1942, Bell founded 1589:American evangelicals 1159:Billy Graham Crusades 855:St. John's University 840:University of Nanking 604:Elizabeth G. 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Nelson Bell 1471: 1463: 1455: 1447: 1439: 1431: 1422: 1420: 1416: 1415: 1413: 1412: 1402: 1392: 1382: 1372: 1370:(founded 1951) 1364: 1354: 1344: 1342:(founded 1950) 1333: 1331: 1327: 1326: 1319: 1317: 1315: 1314: 1307: 1300: 1293: 1286: 1279: 1272: 1265: 1258: 1251: 1244: 1237: 1230: 1223: 1216: 1204: 1197: 1190: 1182: 1180: 1174: 1173: 1171: 1170: 1162: 1153: 1150: 1149: 1144: 1142: 1141: 1134: 1127: 1119: 1110: 1109: 1107: 1106: 1099: 1092: 1085: 1078: 1070: 1068: 1064: 1063: 1061: 1060: 1055: 1050: 1045: 1040: 1035: 1030: 1025: 1020: 1018:Unequal treaty 1015: 1010: 1005: 999: 997: 991: 990: 988: 987: 982: 977: 972: 967: 962: 957: 952: 947: 942: 936: 934: 930: 929: 927: 926: 921: 916: 911: 906: 905: 904: 894: 893: 892: 887: 882: 877: 872: 867: 862: 857: 852: 847: 842: 837: 832: 827: 816: 814: 808: 807: 805: 804: 799: 794: 789: 784: 779: 774: 769: 764: 759: 753: 751: 745: 744: 742: 741: 736: 731: 726: 721: 716: 711: 706: 701: 696: 691: 686: 681: 676: 671: 666: 661: 656: 651: 646: 641: 636: 631: 626: 621: 616: 611: 606: 601: 596: 594:Francis Hanson 591: 586: 581: 576: 574:Hunter Corbett 571: 566: 561: 556: 551: 546: 541: 539:Gladys Aylward 536: 531: 526: 521: 515: 513: 509: 508: 506: 505: 500: 495: 490: 485: 480: 475: 474: 473: 462: 460: 456: 455: 452: 450: 449: 442: 435: 427: 421: 420: 415: 410: 402: 401:External links 399: 397: 396: 383: 372: 356: 340: 317: 300:WORLD Magazine 296:"We're moving" 283: 274: 265: 258: 234: 232: 229: 198:WORLD Magazine 111: 108: 95: 94: 88: 84: 83: 80: 76: 75: 69: 67:(aged 79) 63:August 2, 1973 61: 57: 56: 50: 44: 42: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 23:L. 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Longdale, Virginia
Montreat, North Carolina
Ruth
Billy Graham
Longdale, Virginia
Presbyterian
missionaries
American Southern Presbyterian Mission
Qingjiangpu
Jiangsu
Shanghai
Ruth
Pearl Harbor
Montreat, North Carolina
The Southern Presbyterian Journal
Golden Rule
Presbyterian Church in America
God's World News
Joel Belz
WORLD Magazine
Christianity Today
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Montreat, North Carolina
John Charles Pollock



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