Difference between revisions of "Pakistan"
m (Added image and category.) |
m (Forced table of contents to top of page.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | __FORCETOC__ | ||
| + | __TOC__ | ||
[[File:Pakistan_map.gif|300px|thumb|left|''Pakistan<br /> | [[File:Pakistan_map.gif|300px|thumb|left|''Pakistan<br /> | ||
Source: World Factbook Map, 2006'']] | Source: World Factbook Map, 2006'']] | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 12 May 2014
Mennonite Central Committee undertook refugee work in Lahore, 1948-49, just after the partition of India; participated in a land-leveling project, 1960-76; distributed relief supplies in East Pakistan, 1963-1971; and was briefly involved with Afghan refugees, 1981-82.
The Mennonite Brethren Board of Missions and Services sent Gertrude Klassen, RN (Canada) to the Mission Hospital, Tank, to work with World Mission Prayer League in a village health program, November 1981-May 1985. Ophthalmologist Herb Friesen and his family worked at the Christian Hospital, Taxila, February 1982-August 1983, and with the SERVE relief agency in Peshawar (Afghan Eye Hospital, August 1983-. The Gordon Nickel family (Canada) and Keiko Hamano (Japan) began a church planting ministry in Karachi in 1987.
Bibliography
Mennonite Brethren General Conference Yearbook (1981): 109.
| Author(s) | Herb Friesen |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1987 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Friesen, Herb. "Pakistan." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1987. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pakistan&oldid=122065.
APA style
Friesen, Herb. (1987). Pakistan. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pakistan&oldid=122065.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 669. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.