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 Henry Heisey Brubaker, a distinguished [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ Church]] leader and missionary statesman, was born 21 July 1900 near [[Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania, USA)|Mechanicsburg]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the son of Henry B. and Annie Heisey Brubaker. He attended Messiah Bible School (later [[Messiah College (Grantham, Pennsylvania, USA)|Messiah College]]) and went to [[Africa|Africa]] in August 1922. In 1926 he married Grace Book, and they had two children: Ronald and Edna, wife of Lee Schroeder.

Brubaker served 29 years in Africa and was General Superintendent and Bishop of the Northern and Southern Rhodesia mission fields ([[Zambia|Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]] respectively). During that time he was also president of the Southern Rhodesia Missionary Conference and the church's representative on the government Advisory Board for African Education.

When he retired from the mission field, he served his church as president of Niagara Christian College in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] and as superintendent of the Messiah Home, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For 10 years he was secretary for the General Conference (BIC) and made a vital contribution to the development of its structure. He died in Upland, [[California (USA)|California]] on 20 August 1972.


= Bibliography =
 Engle, Anna R, et al. <em class="gameo_bibliography"> There Is No Difference. </em> Nappanee, IN, 1950: 76-109, 371-372.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Evangelical Visitor</em> (25 September 1972): 2, 15.

Wittlinger, Carlton O. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Quest for Piety and Obedience: The Story of the Brethren in Christ</em>. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978: index.


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